Eggsellent Egg buddies! For those having ivf during April, May and June and any others still around :-)

[starsandmoonandback]

Couldn't see another thread so thought I'd make our new one

That's great news cups! For the record, I have been a little teeny weeny bit crazy bitter infertile at times! But I think in your case you've made it clear you'd like to spend time with your friend.

Cups - yowsers - I feel your delight thru the app!

So ironic - I'd have killed for 9mm and you're delighted with 4! It's all mad, this stuff.

Oh and I'm with nobeer - I have loads of friends with children of the age(s) mine might/should have been. I made it very clear that I got pleasure from seeing/hearing about them so everyone is 'normal' with me. Your friend is being weird.

Cups great news about your lining. Hope this is the one for you x

Yay Cups! So glad you lining is behaving! I'm with Res...9mm is the stuff of dreams for my womb carpet! How long have you stimmed for in the past?

Poor you Bears I have had a couple of occasions where I have had to leave cafes as the smell of cooking as driven me to heavedom.

Sorry to hear of those dealing with insensitive people. I do think it is very hard for those around us (not that I am defending anyone!!). There are some people who's pregnancies I have found really easy to cope with, really pleased for them etc....it's awful as it is those people I feel 'deserve' them - those who have taken an age to conceive, prior MCs etc. Which is horrible of me. Who am I to decide someone deserves to be PG? This whole process makes me really question myself sometimes. Other people I have been a bit with. Like the lady from nursery who was due the same time as me. She was LOVELY when I MC but then seemed to get all consumed in herself. She spent ages telling me before her 20 week scan how upset she would be if it were another girl (this was around the time of my first abandoned IVF since the MC) and then went on and on and on about her baby shower (a concept I cannot stand at the best of times) which coincided with my due date....find it hard to be around her without homicidal tendencies

OK, ladies, I'm in need of that virtual hand hold. Was feeling quite optimistic last night because my food tastes weird, my sense of smell is acute and the boobs hurt like buggery but when I went to bed, there was blood. Not much (think 10p coin). Brown. Mixed with CM. But still there.

None overnight (and I had 6 bathroom visits to check ) so I'm hoping it was just a bit of old stuff coming away but the very fact of its existence has knocked me for six. Can't help but think about my 3 pregnancies - the only one during which I had no bleeding was the only successful one .

As I did a FET and am on progesterone, it can't be AF so there must be something going on down there. I just hope it's not failing already. I'm now 8 days past 5dt.

I'd forgotten how hard this is.

Res that sounds like implantation bleeding. I have it with my pregnancy in the summer. For me it started about 9dp5dt (literally on OTD) I was elated to get a BFP and then devastated. It was spotting and brown. Lasted a day but not enough to change a panty liner.

Thanks Val. I know that's a possibility but my earlier experiences tell me blood = bad news.

Res it sounds like implantation bleeding to me too, especially the mixed in with CM bit. I know you're panicking and feeling dispondant/nervous, but you might just get a nice surprise on OTD (or earlier if you're doing a Val )

Morning ladies

Might I join you? After two miscarriages over the last 12 months and investigative tests concluded that my eggs are knackered and old so DP and I are going down the donor egg route. We have just been matched and I start down regging on CD1 which should be in the next 4 days

Am a complete novice at IVF and am feeling a bit weird and scared by it all ....

Ps. res i was told by my nurse yesterday when discussing my drug protocol that it is very common to spot during the first few weeks after IVF. Very difficult not to worry but blood doesn't necessarily mean bad news.

Hi Lizard.

Thanks for the words of encouragement, all, but just been to the loo again and now seen bright red. Was OK - no blood - until after bowel movement (sorry, lost all sense of what's appropriate!) then lots of it - fresh and bright. Think this is it. Devastated as that was our last shot. Want to crawl in a corner but got to work.

Res - is it worth giving you clinic a call. You are actually 14dpo now. Could you see if they could arrange a bHCG for you? OK, it would really increase the mentalling for the next 48hrs but you would know for sure?

PS - huge hugs. This process is the biggest mindfuck. I realise I am in an enviable position in some ways but my anxiety really is through the roof now. Far worse than during IVF and, believe it or not, worse than during the 2WW.

Res honey. I'm here holding your hand. Sorry to hear about blood this morning I would second Val's advice of calling clinic for beta bloods to done or even a good hpt at this stage. Are you taking aspirin, steroids etc? Super huge hugs. Sorry you have to work when you're going through a horrid time x

Ps. Welcome lizard

Oh no Res. Here to hold your hand, and I've got everything crossed.

Welcome Lizard, you'll have lots of support on here. Good luck with DE.

Hello :) Newbie here, both to MN and IVF - had first appointment (NHS) a few days ago and looking like starting in a couple of weeks (as soon as AF arrives) with more scans, bloods and treatment plan. Feeling pretty overwhelmed ATM, it's all happening v fast (I just turned 39) and am desperately trying to get my head around everything!

Res, I am so sorry that it has to be so hard, and so up and down like this. I am also thinking a beta hcg test is a good idea to find out exactly what is happening. I hope things have calmed down since this morning - is it possible to leave work early?

Welcome to Lizard and Cheapredwine, the support on here is wonderful in times of need, and the experience and knowledge second to none. If you have any queries or concerns about your cycles, I am sure you will find an answer on here.

Cups, how was your first injection(s)?

Hi cheap - you arrive on a bad day!

All a bit calmer here now. No more blood since last episode (checked bowl and tissue!). Nice chat with nurses. Going to just hold out until OTD unless bleeding starts up again. Thanks for hand holds. Feel SO pregnant, it hurts! Hope it's not the mind playing tricks...

PS Stars - am on steroid and aspirin. Does that mean anything, do you think?

Hi.
Please can I joint this thread??
I am in the middle of an IVF cycle. Due my day 5 embryo transfer on Saturday.
Am very excited
Good luck to everyone on here

res you're in my thoughts, am so sorry you're having such a horrible time

Hi Jodie. Join away and try to ignore the dramatics!!!