Eggcellent egg buddies - a thread for all those IVFing in January, February and March - Volume 2

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Hi all. As promised, a sparkling new thread that is going to see a lot of action in the next few weeks, I hope!

Bloody period just started! At least I'll be ok for scan on Tuesday now so hopefully stimming next week!

Great news Turquoise!

Bugs - how are you? When is your scan?

Evening all!

moggle 17 embies certainly does take the pressure off! That's great news. Hope you're not feeling too sore. I got 14 eggs from my one ovary from my last cycle and was borderline OHSS. Rest & lots of fluids sorted it out and the bloating went after a few days.
maryp when I had my laparoscopy (which included removing a cyst) the NHS guidelines suggested taking up to 2 weeks off work. I didn't need that long as it happens but work don't know that do they? As soon as I told my boss it was for lady stuff he bolted so your cow-faced boss might be the same. Stabbing tomorrow - woo hoo!
resp what an anti-climax. Why is it harder to get pissed when that is the intention?
bad sorry you're feeling rubbish but good to have lots of symptoms
turq a well timed AF? Now that's a first! Hopefully your lining will now be ok for you to start stimming next week. Fingers crossed.
beetle thinking of you for tomorrow. I am expecting a crop of lovely eggs for you
stars how are you doing lovely?
Ooh, best of British for Friday bugs. How's the menkulling going?
Hi to euro bunny nobeer wish val cups b4by

Afm, feeling rather apprehensive about tomorrow. It's the waiting that's driving me potty. I just need to know - one way or another. I'm certain that I missed a call from the embryology lab tonight too. Just as I answered they hung up. They don't give out their number so I couldn't call back. Aahhhhhh! I keep telling myself that they would ring back if it was important they would wouldn't they, yes, of course they fucking would

Brooker, is it transfer day??? If so, hope your lucky one thaws nicely and is back snuggled inside you as soon as possible
Thanks for asking after me. I'm not good in general really. Struggling with depression xxx

Morning stars. I'm so sorry to hear that you're struggling. Have you had any counselling? Do your clinic offer any sessions? I haven't used mine but a lot of people have found they help. Just had the call - it survived the thaw! In at 11 for transfer. To say I'm relieved is an understatement.

Good luck Brooker! Yay for the frostie!

Is it EC for you today Beetle? If so good luck

Stars sorry to hear your still feeling low. It might be worth trying the counsellors if you haven't already. I feel pretty depressed too to be honest. I just keep trying to focus on the day ahead and not think about any further ahead.

Mogs that's fantastic news on your 17 embies!

brooker - great news! Good luck for the transfer.
stars - sorry you are feeling down. There are no rules about how we are supposed to feel about any of this. Can only echo the suggestion of counselling through your clinic, not that I've tried ours yet.

So all our embryos survived the night and are at 2-4 cells. Transfer on Saturday assuming everything goes smoothly. I'm feeling a little worse today, had a very uncomfortable night, so am not going into work. tried to get an earlier scan but the clinic are all booked up. Just lying in bed feeling sorry for myself. Poor DH has had to cancel a job interview as I don't think i could manage to drive myself there. Just want to know if it's just normal post EC pain or not.

Good luck Brooker and Beetle!

Moggle - I was borderline OHSS too and felt increasingly worse over the few days after EC, and then marginally better. One issue with both sedation and bumbullets is they slow your bowels down causing gas and constipation which only compounds the pain. I tried to get out and walk for 20 mins or so, lots of mint tea, prunes etc to help things. Just prepare yourself, I looked 6 months PG two days after EC!

brooker good luck for today. Thinking of you and your lovely embie
stars lots of [tea] and for you. I can recommend counselling.

Just to put the record straight and to stop people worrying unncessarily, I don't have a cyst, I was just looking for a realistic excuse as to why I am going to be off work for two weeks. Have just spoken to my boss who then said "which hospital are you going to? I had loads of cysts when I was younger which was why I couldn't have children. If you don't get them sorted out it can mean that you may not be able to conceive naturally. So make sure you really recover before coming back". I had to literally bite my lip to stop myself from laughing indisbelief. That'll teach me for lying.

First litte f*cker went fine this morning. Took me ages but thanks to John Newman and "can you love me again" there was no bruising. One down, a whole lot more to go.....

MaryP that's amazing, so glad your manager was understanding, even more understanding than she realised! Mine has been too, as he and his wife went through ivf, but it was about 15 yrs ago so I think he has forgotten most of it!

ET today, at 2:30. Good luck to all you other ladies with appointments today:)

Good luck B4by!
Scan was fine- only mild OHSS and no fluid in the abdomen. Phew. I realised that some of my symptoms are due to me coming down with a stinky cold/tonsils thing which explains a lot. They did advise me to take the rest of the week off work though to make sure the transfer on Saturday isn't jeopardised, which I think I will do, though might work at home on Friday if I feel up to it.

Baby how did the ET go?

Everyone else's treatments seems to be going much faster than mine!

Gawd, Mary P, I am such a loser! When I read back, it's obvious you were talking about your IVF 'excuse' as who the hell would start a cycle with a cyst in situ. Anyway, that'll teach me to try to catch up after a couple of days of too much work. Next time, I'll graciously accept that I'm defeated!

And the boss' reaction - - just goes to show that many familiar people have hidden depths. Glad it's sorted itself out for you.

Brooker - how was ET? Your relief at the successful thaw was palpable! That'll be me soon. Eek.

And B4by?

And Beetle?

Stars - sorry to read you're struggling and I am going to reply tonight when DD safely in bed and no distractions.

Hi Bugs, Bad, Moggle, Turquoise, Fab (if lurking), Fish (ditto), Cups, Wish and - eek - my stop!

Thanks for all the well wishes ladies. Transfer went great today - it was really straight forward & with no issues. If feels good to be Pupo! I'm now relaxing on the sofa eating cake. Yum!
b4by how did you get on today? It will be good to have some company on the 2ww
Reassuring news about your scan moggle
Glad to hear the ice maiden thawed temporarily maryp
res I have never experienced such anxiousness. It was the lab that phoned yesterday - to double check that we wanted the embie thawing today. They called this morning to confirm then rang back again 20 mins later with the result

Yey Brooker we can do this together.

ET was straight forward for me too. All 5 embies made it to day 5:)

Good news for you moggle!

beetle yay to your successful EC and boo to your subsequent soreness. Let's hope you never see an EC procedure again lovely. Well done for getting through today. It can't have been easy. Hugs. Now, get some rest and make sure you're being spoilt rotten. x
b4by 5 blasts is great! How many embies on board?
res I'm looking to start a one woman wave of successful FET's ready for you to follow up next month

Forgot to mention - no bum bullets for me!

Good news all round on here! That's a good note on which to end the day.