Trying to conceive for 10 months or more. Thread 5. All ten plussers welcome.

[lucieloos]

Thread for anyone TTC for over ten months. Please feel free to join us!

ah brilliant! Thanks for all the advice! Yes, I don't think we're there early enough to give a beforehand sample for this cycle but I will definitely ask if they can freeze some for next time. Banana, your 'poo in a supermarket' analogy is brilliant!

As for the dtd, apologies for the tmi but I'm actually quite horny! I'll see how it goes...

Lucie, reprofit emailed me back asking for photos. I responded saying I didnt have any but would ask for some at fridays scan, and they havent responded again. I know I should be a bit patient, but I also keep thinking about what you said about them responding to emails early in the day, so I dont know whether to nudge them in case theyve forgotten me or hang on a bit longer, as I don't know what meds I need to do tonight.

Sorry for AF Brenna.

Good luck MPP I think we were quite close to EC so hopefully you'll be fine.

Who is your doctor MPP? I've had a couple of different ones and they've never once wanted photos so that's interesting! Have you copied your coordinator in as well? If you emailed shortly after your scan this morning then I would probably email again. They close around 3pm uk time which is 4pm Czech time but there is a number you can call as well 24/7 so don't panic too much. Hopefully they will be in touch soon x

Thanks Lucie. I've just emailed again now. Its Dr Strakova, and my co-ordinator is Tina. I've only ever emailed Tina though. I assume she passes things on. Hopefully she'll answer fairly quickly :-)

Oh ok I haven't heard of her but they have a few new ones there lately. I always get hold of the doctors email and email directly and just copy my coordinator in for info. I'm sure they will be in touch soon though. There's a secret Facebook group for the clinic which I can add you on if you want to. Lots and lots of info on there about all sorts of things and lots of other ladies having treatment. Totally up to you though as I know some people are not into fb x

oh yes, that would be fab please, if you wouldn't mind! No answer from them yet. If I haven't heard anything by 3pm, I'll phone the number.

Ok I will have to add you as my friend on fb and then I can request you on the group so if you want to drop me a PM with your details and how I can find you then I will do it ASAP x

Thank you. I'll pm you now :-)

Lucie and mpp, amazing follicles!! Mpp, I can't believe you are off and I'm still pissing about with Clomid. Very excited for you, good luck with egg collection - do you know when that's likely to be yet?
Good luck for sat Lucie.

Trixie, when is your fet? Hae everything crossed for you this time around.

Banana, so sorry about your lining. Really hope you don't have to cancel this cycle. You are really due a bfp soon, you really are.

Not posted in a while so not sure if I've said congratulations to itsme! Congratulations!!!!

As for me, third and final Clomid cycle before ivf. Got my day 10 scan tmrw and going to ask if we can convert to iui. I know it's not that much better odds than timed intercourse but with the earlier motility issues, I wonder if the sperms aren't getting through the cervix and with iui and least they'll be placed right there. Worth a shot, I dunno.

My ivf appointment is 1 September but I'll be away for the start of the next cycle so it'll have to be October before we get going which will be 23 months ttc. Crikey.

AF is due in the next few days Star so just waiting for that now. I hope they let you convert to iui, definitely worth a shot and good to know you have IVF in the pipeline if you need it.

I am so so grumpy today. Always seem to sleep badly in the lead up to AF and the PMT doesn't help. Have been so short with colleagues/clients doesn't really help that I'm pretty fed up with my job, feel like I'm treading water waiting for a BFP that may never come. Hoping I will feel more positive once AF is here.

Ps, whether you end up doing iui or timed intercourse good luck Star!!!

Hi Star! I'm sorry to hear the clomid hasnt worked, but I've got everything crossed for this cycle for you. If not, at least you know what your next step is, and it'll fly by. I know that when I seriously started looking at Reprofit, it was around the same time as Boris was, and it felt like AGES til we could actually start and now I can't believe how fast the time has gone. I hope you are feeling ok.

Heard back from the clinic at five to three. Found it a little bit confusing! It says, and I quote, 'continue with gonal f 150 units a day. Add orgalutran 1 a day from tomorrow. You will apply pregnyl on 21.30 (CET). OPU is planned on Monday 1st August at 8.30.' I've pinged an email back because I'm not sure at what point I stop taking gonal (I have three doses left), and at what point I stop taking orgalutran. I assume pregnyl (I have ovitrelle, but its the same thing, right?) is to be taken on Saturday. Had butterflies in my tummy when I saw the email!

Eeekk basically MPP you take you Gonal as usual every night until Saturday (you don't take it at all Saturday so your last dose of Gonal is on Friday) From tomorrow you add in the orgalutran as well at the same time as Gonal and you do that until Friday as well. On Saturday at 2130 Czech time so 2030 uk time the you do your Ovitrelle injection and that's all you do on the Saturday. Sunday is an injection free day and then egg collection is 830am on Monday although they don't normally tell you that until after your second scan so go to that as normal and they can let you know if there are any changes to the plan. Are you going to be able to get to Brno for that time on Monday?

Fab, thanks for that Lucie! Yes, I was a bit confused that they gave us a time before the second scan, but we've sorted our travel now. We're getting a (very expensive) taxi to Brno from Prague so we will be there the night before. Do we need to be there at 8.30am, or should we arrive much earlier than that? Expecting to be very tired on Monday! Do they actually knock you out at Reprofit for EC? Eeeeek! Can't believe this is really, really happening!!

Very exciting MPP and Lucie!! Keep me posted!

Thanks for all the congrats guys, I still think I'm going to wake up and it'll all be over :(

My scan is on the 16th August it's aaaages away!

Ohh that's good about the taxi nice to be there the night before. You need to arrive 30 mins before your time just to go through the paper work etc don't forget to take both your passports with you. They give you a sedative type drug via a drip for EC so you will be out cold but it's easy to bring you around. It only takes about 20 mins and you wake up straight away afterwards and don't feel groggy or anything. It's amazing stuff haha my mum was laughing at my last time as I had literally just come around and was telling her how great the drugs were and how they were the best part. You have nothing to worry about. Also don't forget a long tshirt or nightie.

Fab, its that part I'm worrying about the most at the moment! And thanks for the heads up on the nightie/long shirt. I wouold have just put my pjs in otherwise! Just had another email in response to my questions, and its exactly as you said, with the exception of the orgalutran, which it says to take on trigger day too, so now I'm stressing over whether they should be taken at the same time or not. Do you think I would be better starting the orgalutran tomorrow morning (so I can keep them all at the same time over the three days and not take it at the same time as the ovitrelle) and continue with gonal f in the night? Haha, I bet you'll be glad when my first cycle is over and I won't be bugging you with questions so much!! I really, really do appreciate it all.

Ah ok yes it's a strange one with the orgalutran as with the exception of the NHS I've always been told not to take it on trigger day. When I did take it on trigger day with the NHS they just told me to do it half an hour before. I don't think the timing of it matters too much so long as it's around the same time every day.

Wow you guys have been chatty today!

Lucie and MPP congratulations on the fab scan results!

Nowwhy - welcome. I have no experience of clomid either, but hearing your story, and knowing how long IVF can take I would say go straight to the IVF. Plenty of support and understanding to be found here though.

Itsme - me too, poor DH!
The scans are so long past bfp it's infuriating!

Brenna - sorry for AF

Star - doing iui can't hurt if your clinic will allow it.

Thanks Sammy, hope you get a nice big 3+ tomorrow if you are testing. At least when you get that you can relax slightly for the scan as you know your hcg will be high enough for something to be seen x

Lucie actually I did it this morning and got my 3+!
DH is a bad influence! Xx

Hi - newish poster here, I'm 14 months in, and notice some of you are on clomid, may I ask why you were put on clomid, any success stories? Any side effects anyone knows of?

Aww that's brilliant news Sammy that would bring me some comfort! Just the scan now then and hopefully you can relax a little!

Hi TMI, I haven't been on clomid but it's normally if you don't ovulate on your own it gives you a helping hand.

Hi licie, I'm not ovulating due to thyroid isuues, waiting on hubby to be tested and have been told I may be given it so was wondering what to expect

Ah ok well hopefully one of the other ladies can give you more specifics but from what I know you take it for around 5 days towards the start of your cycle and it helps to grow a couple of nice large follicles which then should ovulate themselves and you dtd around ovulation time and hopefully get pregnant! I'm sure there's a bit more to it than my basic understanding but it's pretty straight forward I think.