The Elderberry Pavlovas head into 2014 which will be full of ivf, berry babies and BFPs!!! (thread 17)

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The smallprint –
Berries have a strict entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 6+months (preferably 12+) NO instadiffers, must have a special pot and def no mention of baby dust or baby dancing UGH !!! Ooooh aren’t we strict!

The 17th thread, wow! This had better be it ladies, time to get off the Sofa of Pity onto the Pouffe of Positivity and beyond!

Hello all!

Glad to hear you've picked up a bit, Sid. It's just rotten when you can't shake a feeling of hopefulness.

Happy they may well say that just so as not to make you hound them. Bet it will be sooner! And like you say, you can always do a round of private and then maybe you won't need to worry about the NHS list at all!

So CD12 here so going to make DH take his medz tonight and then tomorrow we will recommence The Shagathon aka having sex twice in four days .

Bunny is your AF symptom getting stronger or going away? Fx!

Hi guys.

ET went well. Two had made it to basso. We decided to have just one put back.
They are going to call tomorrow to tell me how the others are getting on.

pip hope today went well!

happy glad Hsg went went. Told you the worst bit was the gowns!

boodle on the subject of your acupuncturist she gave my mate a free session today after hearing about the mmc. So lovely

rp damn those feelings of hopefulness!

happy glad all went well!

pip whoop! PUPO!!

kitty how's your mate doing? Did you take her out in the end?

Good luck pip, another helicopter occupant soon I hope!!!!

Hello Berries, I've been trying to find the right time to sneak back in from hiding (aka the depths of my office and far too many hours of work).

Pip I have everything crossed for you....

Bunny how are you doing today?

Happy I'm glad your HSG went OK, sorry they can't give you an appointment till mid March. I had my Antral Follicle Count done last month and the earliest appointment they could give me to discuss the results was mid-march, however after some emailing today asking for my results to take to a private consultation they have found me an appointment in a fortnight. Maybe you can follow up for a cancellation? You may find that you aren't on an 18 month waiting list for IVF given that you are over 35 (or almost, have you got a b'day coming up?)

RP good luck with your upcoming shagathon.

So as of this evening, I have one private FC appointment next week and a last minute NHS appointment in 2 weeks time. Not ideally spaced for sharing the NHS results, but at least its progress.

Hello to everybody I've missed.

Good luck pupo pip!

How are you feeling bunny?

Glad hsg was ok for you happy and good news sid that you're feeling a bit brighter and are getting some decent action from sh!

Cycle day 3 here. Very light af after mc but just glad its arrived really. Had fertility clinic appt today with nurse. She invited me in after I was pestering her on phone last week. Asked what plans are and she said carry on for now with option of progesterone supplements and hcg shots when/if get next bfp. Quite why they wouldn't do it this time I don't know. Anyway they won't consider anything else on NHS until November arrives and its 2 years ttc.

Ooh Pip i had somehow missed that it was transfer! How exciting to have two PUPO people on the thread.

Yes barking it is my NY resolution to be more pessimistic. We really need a stern suffering face emoticon!

Evening all.

happy glad your HSG went well! Hope things aren't as slow as you expect them to be.

sid when do you start?

Welcome back kuma, good to see you.

sid RP kuma funky Thanks for asking how i am. AF symptom comes and goes. I feel like I'm starting to lose it, this second week is just hell! I swing from being positive one minute to being fed up the next.

barking not yet. 2 of our friends went over tonight but I've (childishly) kinda fallen out with one of them so didn't go. Would rather see her on my own anyway. She's slightly better but nowhere near ready to start ttc again atm. Thanks for asking btw

Welcome back kuma, we missed you! Hope you've got a clear plan of action within the next two weeks!

funky glad your body is back on track. Well done for getting an appointment and a reassurance that they will do something to help next time. I'm worried about my progesterone levels, I think that's the cause of my short LP and very light AF. Next time I get to the FC (mid March) I'm going to ask what my results were.

CD8 here. Optimistically started shag week tonight even though I've never ov'd before cd19 at the earliest. If the acupuncture can summon up AF after 4 months of waiting then why shouldn't it have straightened out the whole cycle?! Nothing like delusion blind optimism .

Although, dtd was sore tonight. Last time this happened was my first cycle of clomid and you clever berries diagnosed thrush (I didn't have any other symptoms than painful dtd and then being sore afterwards). I think this might be the same again so I'm just going to skip the gp this time and go to Boots! I'm remaining optimistic - last time it was followed by a bfp!!!

Yayyyyyy! PUPO PIP! Everything crossed for you. bunny, you too. Not long now but imagine this is the longest 2ww ever. to you both.

Welcome back kuma! How are you?? Sounds like you've got a game plan, which is ace.

funky great news that af is sorting itself.

rp shaaaaaaaaag weeeeeeeeeek!

tiger sorry af got you. I know it's hard when that glimmer is dashed, but it helps me to remember that it's the start of a new cycle and properly fresh hope when she rears her ugly head.

sid excellent news on the drugs! Wowee - fingers crossed we're headed for and explosion of IVF berry babies, ladies!

Hope everyone else is well. Did spin class number four this week. It's week three of my new regime. Exhausted and off to pass out in bed. No sign of af yet - was expecting acupuncture to works its magic on the same day like last time.

Feather - all this talk if spin classes makes me feel tired! and guilty for being a lazy slob ! Well done for sticking to your new regime!

Gah. Super mega evil period pain tonight; even a bath didn't help at all. Please, please, please let this be the last 'proper' one I have for a while.

Morning all! I have also cheered up since the start of the week. Acupuncture last night seemed to have done the trick, needles around the collar bone are apparently a good pick me up!

happy glad the hsg went well, the processes to get seen in the NHS seem to take an age. I couldn’t believe it when they scheduled my follow up for mid May after my appointment last week, and that it would be a 2-3 month wait for my hsg. The postcode lottery around funding and waiting lists is also pretty rubbish, but at least we do have the opportunity to access the NHS when we need it, unlike private health systems such as the US.

Nice one pip will be keeping everything crossed for you and I hope the two week wait doesn’t pass too slowly. bunny I also hope you are hanging in there, and sending positive vibes your way.

feather mega impressed with your spin regime!

sid glad you are feeling more positive!

boodle I am suffering with you on the period pain front. So bad that they woke me up at 3am and I had to scrabble around for ibuprofen and then took forever to get back to sleep. Tired.

Just been tasked with organising a baby shower for one of my closest friends who is due mid March. I’m not overly keen on the whole baby shower concept, but a get together with friends will be nice. Both myself and a friend are putting on a brave face and doing it together. I started ttc at the same time as her, so it is a bit of a painful reminder of our lack of a baby. The other girl is also finding it a bit tough because her brother and his wife were due around the same time, but lost the baby the week before Christmas. So all in all, I think it’ll be a bit of a challenge, but we will try to make it special for our friend nonetheless.

Lurking and sending good luck vibes to you all
Boodle what's next for you?

Merk, I should be starting IVF this cycle, assuming no unexpected hitches. Feeling pretty low about it all right now - am blaming the hormones of AF and hoping to get a bit more positive about it soon...

Boodle Can you call them and ask them about the polyp? I'm assuming they didn't call you? Do you have the drugs to start taking unless they say otherwise?

Trying very hard to keep up - there could be 7 berries hoisted up into the 'copter within the next few weeks, and that's just the IVF ones!!!! Someone leave the ladder hanging for me please, I'll be charging down the yellow brick runway yelling "wait for me!!!!!!"

tiger that's rough, did they lose it at 6 months then?
I don't envy you the baby shower. PG colleague leaves at the end of next week. She doesn't want a baby shower (thankfully) but there's an after work 'good luck' drink in the pub next week. I really dont want to go, I know it's silly but I still do the 'I should have been leaving for my maternity at Easter' thoughts, which rwally aren't helpful. I've been dreading my due date but maybe once it's been and gone I'll stop thinking about the dates that would have been and it will be easier.

Barking, quite sensibly, my clinic are having me back to do my jab teaching on the first day I'll need it. I'm happy about this as I'd probably end up forgetting! I've been too busy squirming through period pain to call clinic. I'm jut going for no news = good news.

barking we won't forget you or leave you behind if I even get in that damn copter

HI everyone!!!!!

boodle poor you with the period pain. But yay to IVF starting soon!

barking if you don't mind, I'd like to join you on your sprint down the yellow brick road. By my estimations, I'll be the only one left on this thread by Easter.

tiger must be tough. I'm still feeling weird about the preg colleague. Think I'd be totally ok about it if our due dates weren't so close together, but as it stands, it's just a daily painful reminder of how my own body has failed me.

Anyway, onward and beyond Berries!

Feather and Barking fear not, thanks to the rubbish NHS in my area I'll still be here to keep you company, and wave you off as you board that chopper. In fact I believe that once Bunny and Pip fly the nest I'll be the longest serving Berry. What an achievement eh?!?

feather, with all your spinning classes I reckon I'll be the one hanging on to you, relying on you to pull me along!!

DP has gone to the pub. His best mate will be there with pg wife so I'm staying home alone. I told him to find out her exact due date so I could ascertain how feasible it would be to manage to avoid her until she drops given I've already managed to avoid her since the beginning of September!! I don't think I'll have as much of a problem with a baby, as that's her baby not mine, while the bump itself in my head is the same or it would have been. Once the baby pops out I can do the duty visit then leave her to it, she'll safely not be in the pub then for ages .

Just had another new baby annoucement. They live abroad so not expected to visit this one fortunately . I would have thought I'd have got used to it by now, but it really doesn't seem to get any easier does it? Waiting for another one to anounce as she's now 3 days overdue. They've been ttc over 3 years and had a mc along the way, so I genuinely wish them well but it'll still sting!

Humph. Going to have an early night and take the dog up to bed with me .

Happy. Even if I do graduate I think I won't want to be too quick to leave. I'd be lost without the berries.

Hey pip. There are lots and lots of berries who think of you all often waiting on the other side for you too you know...
Keeping everything crossed for you.