Strapping on our lady balls and going menkul because we HATE THIS SHIT!! The Berries: a lovely bunch of 30 something Ladybros TTC #1

[happylass]

The small print:

The Berries have strict entrance criteria: TTC #1 for 12 months+, over 30, NO instadiffers, must have a special pimping pot and absolutely no mention of baby dust/dancing. Not that we're fussy!

Current Ladybros:

Minx 35 - TTC 2.5 years. Stage 4 endometriosis, both tubes blocked, 1 buried ovary, IVF #1 started Aug '15 at Mustache Towers, if all goes well results due mid-Sept.

Smidge 39, TTC since Jan '13. Unexplained. Some high NK cell immune treatment. IVF#1 Short protocol Jul'14 BFN; IVF#2 Nov'14 and IVF#3 Feb'15 both Long protocol BFNs; Natural FET Jun'15 - Another BFN. Trying to work out what to do next.

Happylass, 37, TTC since Aug 2012. 2 failed ICSI cycles, 1 failed FET and 1 abandoned cycle due to poor response. Hoping to start antagonist cycle mid September. HATE THIS SHIT!!

Beaky 35, ttc 3 yrs, 2x failed iui 1 long protocol ivf cancelled, 1 short protocol IVF BFN, very low amh etc etc. In 2ww for 2nd sp IVF.

Tigerdog, 35, ttc since Jan 2013. Unexplained. IVF #1 chemical pregnancy. Currently redoing tests in preparation for IVF #2.

barkingtreefrog 36, ttc since Dec 2011. clomid bfp summer 2013 then mc @7 weeks, iui bfp summer 2014 then mc @6 weeks. Factor V leiden thrombophilia diagnosed at the repeat mc clinic. IUI bfn Jan 2015, IVF bfn April/May 2015. FET bfn August 2015, remaining frozen embryo perished. Pursuing private tests and then long protocol ivf in Oct/Nov.

Lumen, 35, ttc since Nov 2011, unexplained, two IVF cycles in 2014, both bfns, waiting for lap&dye and results of numerous bloods, aiming for one last IVF cycle.

Kuma - 40. TTC 2.9 years. Low AMH high FSH - DH antisperm ABs. Failed IVF June 14 and March 15, cancelled cycle June 15. Last try September 15

Lucieloos, 36, TTC 18 months, low AMH & sperm motility. ICSI#1, April 2015, Czech, 2xblasts transferred, BFN. Icsi#2, cancelled before EC. Icsi#3, 2 mature and fertilised, both to blast and frozen. Icsi#4 in October, embryo banking.

Rain, 34, ttc since March 2012. unexplained. Mystery bfp oct 13, MMC Nov 13. IVF#1 Aug 2015

Sesame, 40, ttc with no dp, on this road for 2 years, multiple failed IVFs, 3 ETs, 1 bfp then mc, poor responder with v low AMH, but still looking for the golden egg.

nolly, 33, TTC 3 years, 1 confirmed MC, 2 more suspected. still in limbo

Spare, 34, TTC 3 years, IVF#1 short protocol + ICSI August 14 BFP but pregnancy loss at 20+ weeks, 3 failed FET, IVF #2 short protocol + PICSI August 15

Funkymonk 33. Ttc since October 2012. Mc June 2013, Mmc dec 2013, mc June 2014. Factor v Leiden thrombophilia. Abandoned IVF Jan 2015 due to thin lining. Abandoned FET Aug 2015 due to thin lining. 4 embies on ice. Cycling again November time I think.

Clem, currently on 3rd Clomid Cycle

Pip - quite simply the Best In Show.

happy I had a nightmare injection experience today as well! Had to inject the suprecur in the toilet at the airport in Morroco. I dropped the glass vial onto the tiled floor and it almost rolled out of the cubicle while I was sat there with my trousers round my ankles!! (injecting into my leg as I've got all the others to do in my stomach, the nurse said it was better to leave room ) Don't know what I'd have done if it smashed!

Still no AF. Needs to arrive in full flow tomorrow or I'm going to have to cancel Monday's scan and all the provisional timings can be chucked out the window .

Nightmare Barking! How long have you been downregging? Buserelin can delay af as well you know. I think it was Minx who had to down reg for 5 weeks in the end. Fx for af to rock up soon!

grin thanks. So glad your blood tests finally came up clear. I stopped taking DHEA the night before ET. I’m still taking all my other supplements (vits, Omega 3, antioxidants), including 600mg CoQ10.

googs glad you’ve got your appointment lined up, but sorry things are not moving as fast as they should.

water I’ve my nose pressed to the wire fence of the water park, where I can see all the people enjoying the slide, and all the people stuck in the queue, but no one’s going to let me in, cos they only sell tickets to couples...

happy shit, sorry about the cetrotide fail, that sounds really nasty. I’m sure it won’t matter though. Good luck for EC tomorrow! Everything is crossed for you!

beaky thanks for all your support . How are you feeling today? Have you been busy with renovations again? I hope you have some time to relax too?

barking yikes about dropping the vial, what a drama! Did you have a good holiday? Fx af behaves herself and arrives asap.

I’ve reached the horrible stage in my 2ww, where my entire fate hangs on a pee stick and there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it. I even looked up my notes of symptoms from when I got my bfp to see if I’m feeling the same now, and was just starting to think ooh, perhaps I do feel the same right now….? and then I looked up the cycles where I got bfn, and saw that my symptoms were exactly the same.... I went for a long walk in the sunshine this afternoon. So many families out too.

Happy, good luck for tomorrow. I'm sure your Cetrotide will be fine. Hope you get lots of eggs. I wish my nhs rounds would hurry up!

Sesame, how much longer until you test? How many dpt are you now?

Good luck for EC happy. Hope it goes well. Have you managed to let work know yet?

sesame hope you're managing to hang in there. When is OTD and when do you plan to poas?

Congratulations water, a very short stay indeed in Berry HQ! Good luck and everything crossed for you.

smidge how's things with you?

beaky hope you're ok under the duvet of despair .

Not much to report here. 3D sis tomorrow, then Mr T will repeat his SA in a couple of weeks and our long awaited follow up is on 19th. I'm really hoping that, by then it's just a case of being given our protocol and a start date. It would make Christmas a little easier if I knew that things would be getting underway asap in Jan.

Hope everyone is ok and that Monday isn't too painful. I'm working from home and plan to stay in my pjs until at least lunchtime!

happy how did you get on?

tiger ‘wfh’ in your pjs? You’re making me jealous! What’s happens at a 3D scan? Hope it goes well tomorrow.

OTD is not till Friday, but I’ve already tested and got bfn. Yes, I know it is still very early, but this time my body’s also telling me that my progesterone is falling and my ‘symptoms’ from a couple of days ago are disappearing. I will keep testing, but I’m preparing for the worst. I heard of so many women who got sticky bfps in the cycle after an mc, I was really hoping that despite all the odds, that could happen to me.

beaky if you’re feeling any better, perhaps you might give us a lend of your duvet?

Happy, hope your collection went well!

Sesame, how many dpt are you? Did you use a frer? Fingers crossed its just too early.

Tiger hope the 3dsis goes well. Not long til your follow up really, it must be the week after next? Fx you get a date though, you have definitely waited long enough now. Enjoy pj day/working from home

Sesame in crossing everything that you're too early. What dpt are you? Also remember implantation can happen late sometimes. Really really hoping for you lady.

Thanks lucie and beaky, you probably should wang me, because I am only the equivalent of 11dpo today. But that’s when I got my bfp last time and that pg wasn’t viable. But aside from the test, I remember exactly how the pg hormones made me feel early on, and my body’s suddenly sprung back to normal today. I used IC’s this morning, but I’ve saved a frer for tomorrow, as if I do have any HCG at all in my system, it should hopefully pick it up by then.

It's way too early for an Internet cheapy. If it had been a frer i would have said possibly too early but more likely to be accurate. I think you would be very lucky to get anything on a cheapy at 11dpo though. Good luck with the frer.

Oh Sesame I agree it's too early to test yet but I completely understand the temptation. Hang on in there we all know how tough it is
EC went well this morning. We got 8 eggs, which I'm delighted with considering I didn't even respond just 2 months ago. Apologies if anyone wants to sleep tonight - I'll be blasting out Barry at full volume

Wow happy that's brilliant!! What's the secret? We had 7 on our first round which was only in April but I just can't seem to get near that now. Good look for fertilisation.

Woowoo happy get Barry blasting out! Fx for good fertilisation!

Sesame I've still got my fx, there's no telling whether you'd feel the same I reckon, so I'm passing the duvet to you but you have to stay on the hammock of hope with it mind!

Lucie we got 8 on our first go and 11 on our second, but that was fuelled by aspirin and fertilisation wasn't great. I'm thinking 8 is about my limit and I'll be over the moon if we can get 5 or 6 fertilised. If I knew the secret I'd be a millionaire! The only thing I do (which incidentally I didn't do on my cancelled cycle) is drink high protein drinks during stimms. I usually stop after EC but I'm going to carry on this time. It probably doesn't make s blind bit of difference but, at this point, I'll pretty much try anything!

Thanks happy, I try to drink a couple of protein shakes a day during stimms as well. I just wish we could get one more decent cycle.

That's good news happy! Barry and the spice girls are at the ready! Hoping for some lovely fertilisation news in the morning.

Thanks berries. Looking on the bright side....No signs of bleeding yet, so looks like at least the luteal support must be working this time.

Great haul happy

sesame it's such a shit time, the mental never leaves you. Hoping it's just too early

Well, my cycle has been cancelled. Was supposed to be my baseline scan today to see if I could start stims but AF never showed. Got a bfp instead.
Nurse thinks the suprecur triggered my hormones and the combination of the scratch and the intralipids helped implantation. Still a looong way to go before I can get even a little bit okay about it though. Been here twice before.
I was hoping to get a bfp on a heavily medicated cycle, but I'm on CD 33 and only today started the prednisalone, fragmin, and progesterone. Booking another intralipids infusion for next week. Had a blood test instead of the scan today and hcg is 92. Means nothing on it's own, hcg was fine last time. Have to wait another week for a second blood test to see what's happening.
So, there you go. Totally numb. And insomnia is my new friend.

Morning all
Just a quick visit to say hello and see how everyone is. It is exam week and I am procrastinating way to much (anyone want to do my biology and anatomy and phys exam for me?) Only news from me is that I start injections on Sunday! Hooray for hot flushes, constipation and bloating

Omg, barking that's amazing news! I really hope this works out for you. Another brilliant fufc! Keeping everything crossed!

Who was it that did embryo banking on here a little while ago and then threw the kitchen sink at transfer with full immunes etc?

Amazing news barking! Have everything crossed for you!

Wooohoo Barking!!
Lucie it was Lady Wild and her kitchen sink.

Ah that's right thanks happy! What was her full user name? I just wanted to look back at what she used as when the time comes I also want to throw the kitchen sink!

Brilliant news Barking crossing everything for you.

Sesame how are you feeling today?

Happy how did Barry do with his love crooning?

Grin I feel your pain, boo to exams. I much prefer an assignment but even then...! Good luck anyway.