Grab your Ganeshas and collect your cats: The Elderberry Pavlovas in the Quest for the New Year clusterdiff (thread 25)

[happylass]

The smallprint –
Berries have a strict entrance criteria (TTC #1, over 30, TTC for 12+ months, NO instadiffers, must have a special pot and definitely no mention of baby dust or baby dancing).
Those not abiding by the rules may be escorted from the premises.

I have finally relented and taken a sick day. Not sure why I bothered trying to tough it out at the start of the week. Hoping a restful day will sort me out.

gil I'll be a Monday to Friday Londoner until Mr T is able to join me. Will be living with family or friends with spare rooms till then, although if it seems like it will be longer than a couple of months I might rent somewhere.

Interview is tomorrow beaky so fingers crossed although it will move things along very quickly and no turning back. I'm starting to feel nervous now the reality is only a few weeks away. Giving back foster pups is really hard. Tears from me both times and that was only after a weekend and I still had my own pooch at home.

happy hope you're feeling better. Damn pg announcements on fb. I find them harder than babies or birth announcements or anything else really.

Healthcare at home have been having some issues with meeting demand for deliveries and their systems (we have been dealing with these issues at work) but the majority of deliveries are fulfilled without a problem as far as I know.

Guy just knocks my front door apparently collecting for charity. Asks if I've got any 'sprogs' myself. When I say no he asks if I'm planning on any Seriously can't escape it anywhere! Also wanted my bank details for a donation. Yeah right!

Happy, I would have totally given him my history to date on the TTC front just to see his reaction.

Good news - I have a date for the hysteroscopy - 29th Dec!! I'll give them their due, they couldn't have sorted this much quicker. Fortunately we're not away then so overall the timing is pretty good.

Gil something like "No, no sprogs yet but next month I'm having some of my womb lining away before injecting myself in the stomach twice a day for a few weeks. After that I'll have my ovaries jabbed with a giant needle about 30 times then one of my eggs will be injected with my husband's sperm. The resulting embryo will grow in the lab for a few days before being put back in. Meanwhile I'll be shoving waxy bullets up my bum for weeks in the hope that the aforementioned embryo will stick around. Anything else you'd like to know?"

Great news on the hysteroscopy. Glad it's all getting sorted quickly. How soon after will you be able to go for your natural IVF?

LOL! Glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read that, it would totally have been spat across the room.

Given that AF started on Sunday, next AF would be around 15th Jan meaning my LH surge would be around 4th Feb so the embies would go in just after that. Almost a year to the day when they were first created (13th/14th Feb 2014).

Lol Happy imagine his face if you had said that! Especially the bum bullets bit! What a total eejit he was.

Gil that's great news on the hysteroscopy! And you'll be in the jan/feb clusterdiff too

I worked out tonight that it's 2.5 weeks til I start downregging! Eek.

Tiger fx for your oh tomorrow. I hope you feel better soon, especially in time for your holidays!

Marking my place so I can easily find this thread again at a more reasonable hour by hitting the 'I'm on' button.

On so late coz had to phone Australia to confirm my treatment plan is all OK before AliG goes on holiday. (I'd emailed, but the annoying secretary hadn't got back to me.). Anyway all is sorted - I'll start down regging in about 3 weeks time. Please let me be one of the success stories in the Jan/Feb clusterdiff! Oh dear, am getting a bit desperate again... That 'please' was a drawn out whiney one.

Smidge that's about the same timescale as me! I'll be crossing everything for you for this round.

We're all getting a bit desperate Smidge! I use whiney "pleases" in my head all of the time (and sometimes out of my head too).

Wow that has been sorted quickly gill so hopefully this will be it for you! smidge and beaky you certainly deserve to be part of the Jan/Feb cluster diff too. I'll be cheering you all on from the sidelines!

happy, that did make me chuckle. I probably would have said mind your own f*ing business! How rude. I hate being hassled by charity representatives and then being quizzed about having children would have sent me over the edge. I give to lots of charities that are important to me already and I hate the way they try and make you feel bad for not signing up to whatever charity they are promoting.

Back at work today, but still feeling a little under the weather. Just two more days to get through though, and then holiday. Family seems to have gotten back to normal, so now I feel as though I can look forward to Christmas and holidays a bit more!

Hello Berries, lovely, shiny new thread happy, and what the chuff was that guy at your door all about! I once had a charity chap turn up on my doorstep demanding money for a diabetes charity. He told me that they needed money desperately because all diabetics die young and their legs fall off etc. I let him dig himself into a massive hole before telling his I am a diabetic and launching into actual science!

So my cat crept into bed with me this morning and snuggled into my stomach. Weird, I thought. And as I'm due to drink wine with colleagues tonight I decided to grab a FRER at lunchtime. I'm going to whisper this, but I've just got a bfp. I can't get hold of DH on the phone so I texted a picture of the test. I'm scared and in shock.

Oh my goodness!!!!! Otters! Wow. I don't what to say, but don't be scared. I know that's easy for me to say and much harder to do after everything you have been through.

Hope DH gets in touch soon.

I've had to sneak on here at work because of your amazing news. Big hug and pat on the back for you.

Wow Otters!!! Fantastic news. A huge congratulations!!

Oh good beaky and gil it will be good to have cycle buddies.

tiger I'm glad your family issues have resolved so Christmas can be the positive it is supposed to be.

Talking of positive otters this will be a very short lived return to the berry thread! Congratulations. And I am really beginning to think i should get a cat...

I saw a good friend of mine a couple of days ago, doing my rounds of catch ups while I'm back. Came away a bit disappointed though as she kind of kept going on about how although I might want children now, I might choose not to in the future.. I think she was trying to be helpful and positive in suggesting that the world doesn't end and in fact there are lots of positives to be had in a life without children, but it almost got us in an argument as I felt the 'choose not to' bit was a bit of a stretch. I mean, I might have no choice and therefore choose to see the positives in a life without children, fair enough. But might actually choose not to carry on with IVF simply because I suddenly think travelling the world is a better option is a bit . I can see I might choose to stop coz I get sick of the disappointment / run out of cash / body gives up on needles, but that's hardly a positive choice really.

Anyway, I know she was trying to help so I'm not annoyed as such, but really?!

Oh wow, congratulations Otters! I'm intrigued by this new method of conception if your DH didn't manage to perform! Berry-copter thread here when you're ready.

Thanks everyone, one step at a time I guess. Lady, some must have, erm, leaked out I suppose!

No Ganesha minx but I did spend some time looking at them on Etsy via the link that was posted a few day ago. Maybe that was it...

Oh my god Otters that's amazing! I understand you will be totally anxious but fx all works out fantastically for you. I'm a dog girl but after this I want a cat!!

Smidge to your friend. At least she is trying I suppose. It's like Tiger was saying there's such a lot of info around you'd think people would know more about infertility and IVF. Re the tablets you could take 2 frolics one day and 1 the next? It may work it may not helpful again I'm going to change my name to dr beaky who knows nothing ha.

tiger not long til holidays! Glad your family thing has calmed down too. Hope you are feeling better!

Ladies I'm still stalking you now and again and am really rooting for all of you! Hope that the lovely sparkly new thread brings all of you a BFP. Congrats on yours otter I really hope it's the first of many berries BFPs, bring on the New Year clusterdiff!

Yay Otter. The cat bfp sensor strikes again.

Christ on a bike, it's a Christmas miracle! Congratulations otters and fingers crossed for you! It's all very lucky and fast moving on here, glad to see the new thread is just as good!! I need a cat, asap, would have to be one of those hairless ones though so I don't get allergic! Failing that maybe the hound will prove to be lucky hauls 4.5 stone of dog onto lap

smidge people are just hopeless sometimes, even if they are trying. As minx says they just trot out a load of guff. Actually all I want from my friends is acknowledgment that infertility is a thing (not just that care-free time having lie-ins before you have a baby!!) and that it is hard, and then to spend some time with them. Sadly I've had the opposite, and some friends have vanished into a new world of other friends with kids and I feel like I've been left out because I can't be part of it.

Only one more day to get through until holidays beaky! I'm so relieved! Are you thinking about fostering a dog then?

Hope everyone else is ok. Am just packing and sorting last few things for holiday. All presents wrapped to deliver tomorrow

I'm liking Dr Beaky. She talks a lot of sense. 2 one day 1 the next is probably a lot easier to get my 3 in 2 days than me doing 48hrs/3= a tablet every 16hrs! (Wouldn't be so good for uninterrupted sleep!). Too literal me.

MrSmidge seems to be getting on OK without me, which is good news. He can be a bit sentimental, but this time has arranged a few outings/get togethers which is keeping him happy/busy. He's off on a how to surf course over new year (with nubile back packers I suspect... Eeek ) and Some good (English) friends of ours have invited him over on Christmas Day itself which is lovely, and I hope means he gets a proper Christmas dinner. He's with his family on Christmas Eve but I don't think they're even planning to do turkey - boo hiss. I know British traditions aren't the only traditions, but when it comes to Christmas I am hopelessly biased and think they are the best!

Bloody hell Otters, congratulations! Hope it all goes smoothly for you from now on and is not too stressful. How was Mr Otters' reaction?

Bit worried that I'm quite allergic to cats so now no chance of a BFP!

Had meeting with op doc today to sign the consent forms for my hysteroscopy. She said my situation wasn't uncommon. I was worried about scar tissue forming after so many ops but she said that wouldn't happen. I also asked if there was anything I could do to reduce my natural oestrogen levels and she said to cut out the nuts!

Congratumalations Otters! That's brill. Another successful one of the escape committee!

I have a question. If the copter is where we're aiming for (how did that come about anyway?). Then where are we now? The helipad? The airport? The taxi on the way to thairport? Or other?

Feeling a but weepy today. My friend (cycle buddy from my first ivf) had her Baby today. I'm soooooooo happy for her they very very very deserve it. But I cant help feeling sad for me. I should have a baby now too. Now it's going to be another year... Gluckshmerz...

Oh and my cat is obviously broken. He sits on me all the time (will climb over others to get to me. But is soft with everyone. No preggo news here... Boooooo