IVFers thread

[TheMNPeacekeepingForce]

Anyone fancy starting an ongoing thread for those who are having IVF/ are planning to try again via IVF soon?

Ds was conceived via IVF - he's now 2.6 and we're stepping back on the scary rollercoaster ride with a FET - I started taking the drugs yesterday!

heynomore now I'm getting jealous , but as you've only got one try on the NHS I am also really happy for you . . . good luck for Thursday.

Sorry sooty I'm hoping lots fertilise as if we get some to freeze we might be able to afford a FET (or maybe even two) later this year, whereas I don't think we'll be able afford a fresh cycle for much longer. I'm thinking of this as my 'harvest' for the year!

Congrats Nomore, good luck for Thursday! Go to sleep - best thing especially as you have a few follicles to drain. Enjoy your night off from injecting tomorrow night!

How's it going in the 2ww House Sooty, go to the cinema, great for taking your mind off things.

I wish I could go to sleep right now - got to do my hcg injection at 11.30pm tonight, DH is looking through our DVD colection for something to keep us awake til then...I fully intend to sleep in tomorrow morning though (and enjoy not having to wake up at 7.30am on my day off to sniff DR drugs)

nomore I had to do mine at 1am, we set the alarm ! And I tried the movies soosy - went to new Indianna J movie, but it really was 'same old, same old.' Now idly surfing the net and placing items for sale on e-bay - I must be getting really desperate.

And yes enjoy the injection free night tomorrow nomore, somehow NOT taking them made it all seem more real to me.

I've just realised that me and Swerve will be handing over the 2ww room baton to you two - lets hope it's a lucky exchange for everyone

DH is snoring on the sofa right now - so much for staying awake with me
The one problem with the technique of taking each step at a time means I'm a bit suprised we're here already!

make sure you leave the 2ww room with lots of chocolate and cups of tea for us then

It's finally 11.30 (well it will be by the time I've fed the cats) so I'm off now! night night x

Sooty - read your post about the severe cramping and it rang lots of bells for me. First IVF we did, I had the most dreadful pain in the middle of the night about 9 days after EC, it woke me up it was so bad. And it was definately a positive sign, the result is bothering me to get of the PC now and go and PLAY MUMMY NOW. Hope things work out for you too

NMM - have severe follicle envy, am very impressed with your crop. I only ever seem to manage a few on each side, maybe 6 collected in total each time.

Right, have lots to do before driving down to Essex tonight for baseline scan tomorrow. My period only really started today though so I hope everying is as it should be tomorrow.

Oh OAP you are on your way as well - hope all goes well tomorrow.

Still waiting to hear about transfer time on friday, i do hate the way they keep you waiting, do they have no idea how much waiting I have done and how fed up it makes me!!!!

Nomore all set to go tomorrow, good luck.

Sooty, it's Sex and the City tonight, i am going with some girlfriends.

Sx

thanks onlyaphase I am hoping to the cramps are a positive sign - as it has never occurred before. But right now, on Day Twelve since EC I am starting to get very nervous . . think next trashy movie off the rank to take my mind off it will be 'Sex In the City'. Good luck with your scan tommorrow

sooty we must be pyschic!

sorry meant soosy - easy mistake, another mysterious link?

OAP Good luck for tomorrow - I will be thinking of you. I am hoping all the follicles contain eggs and that those eggs fertilise. At the moment we don't know exactly why we haven't concieved naturally, so the problem might be with fertilisation. The clinic keep saying things lke 'the first round is very diagnostic' which is worrying me.
sooty From what OAP says I'm feeling very positive for you Am really praying for some good news for this thread.
soosy Good luck for Fri - will be thinking of you too, get the 2ww room all nice and cosy for me won't you?

nomore, I hope the fishing for eggs goes well for you today. sounds like you've got a good crop. I'll be thinking of you today.

OAP, I hope you had a smooth drive. We wait to hear how your scan goes. Are you driving back and forth until the transfer? I hope you have some good music to listen to.

Soosy - very important question: how was S&C???

I've bought my wee sticks. Lord, this has been a slow week. Just one more day. patience. patience.

swerve I know how you are feeling. I have a wee stick that I have promised myself I won't use until Sunday . . there is something deeply humiliating about testing only hours before your period arrives isn't there?

good luck nomore - now that you are safely 'on the table' I can say that EC was the most distressing part for me - worse than the drugs I think. Take it easy afterwards, I really underestimated the toll it took on my body (and mind).

And thinking of you tomorrow soosy, hope your ET goes well. BTW I really enjoyed 'Sex in the City'. It was great to see 'real' women, who looked their age, and the fashions were so much more exciting on the big screen rather than my tiny telly. I recommend it - and I am usually a complete snob about mainstream cinema.

Sooty, very spooky.......
I enjoyed sex & the city too, but was a bit shocked by the sex scenes I think I must be getting old! Plus it's not marriage that changes everything it's children!

Not long now for Sooty and Swerve, I hate the last few days, af usually turns up before testing time for me anyway. keeping fingers crossed.

OAP, hope your trip goes well, well done for timing it in half term.

ET set for 12 noon tomorrow, I am hoping that two of the four embryos will survive the freezing for transfer! Having acupuncture before and after the event, costing me a fortune but I want to give it my best shot.

Nomore I hope you are feeling not too sore, that all your follicles contain eggs and they fertilize well. Keeping fingers crossed for you too!

Sx

Well I'm back and I feel ok. Don't know if there's going to be shocking come-down from the sedative but at the moment I feel ok.
swerve and sooty Best of luck for testing this weekend - I won't be around on the weekend, so am sending you really positive vibes now Really hope this thread turns fruitful for all of us.
soosy fingers crossed for your embryos defrosting sucessfully. Do they defrost them today or tomorrow? Will be thinking of you tomorrow
Got 14 eggs from 16 follicles - not bad. Will know tomorrow how many fertilised.

nomore....that's fantastic!
14 eggs from 16 follicles...well done you.

I will pray for good news for you tomorrow.
Cogs
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hiya coggy nice to 'see' you
Hope you're ok?

Hi Coggy, how are you? It is lovely to see you.

Nomore, 14 eggs that is fab! You may feel quite sore tomorrow, As they give you some great pain relief which lasts about 24 hrs. I find that keeping moving helps and you can take paracetamol for pain. fingers crossed they all fertilise!

They are 3 day embryos so they defrost on the day....

Sx

I'm a bit nervous about feeling bad tomorrow - I feel quite normal at the moment, yet I know that's not normal. I'm also not looking forward to the pessaries tomorrow, I know after everything else my body's been through they shouldn't be too bad, but I'm still worried!

nomore, 14 is a great catch. Hopefully lots to freeze - that hopefully you won't need!

coggy, great to hear from you! how are you?

i did my wee stick this morning. BFN. but still no sign of AF. pants! Is it wrong to put a slosh of gin onto my morning cereal?

swerve.....sorry to hear that you have a bfn today....maybe wait a bit longer?

nomore....the pessaries are intriquing!
I actually ended up getting on with them better as suppositries as they were less messy...although the feeling was most perculiar.

Hi Soosy too.....I do lurk on this thread every now and again to keep an eye on you all!

We are under way with the adoption process at the moment. Due to go on a course at the end of the month, our referees have written some things about us that we do not get to see, and I'm going to book our medicals in for next week.

It sounds as if everything is moving really, really fast, but, in reality, our SW still said that we were probably going to be waiting until next Easter before anything it decided!

I seem to have been waiting and waiting for my children one way or another for EVER!

Hoping for lots of good news from this thread ion the next days and weeks.

Swerve - so sorry to hear things aren't going well for you. Maybe it is just too early, especially if AF hasn't turned up yet

NMM - I agree with Coggy, best to use the pessaries as suppositaries. Frankly I'd so much rather not use them at all, but they are much less messy as suppositaries, once you get your head around using them. And it sounds like your EC was good too, I'm pleased for you. Mine are more like the ones Sooty had, and it takes me until at least the day after ET to feel normal again, both mentally and physically.

Coggy, hope your referees have written good things about you, odd you don't get to see them, but I suppose they have their reasons? Glad things are moving in the right direction for you at last anyway.

Well, baseline scan was OK yesterday apart from not being able to find my right ovary. It does hide away, and is stuck with adhesions to bowel as well - hence why my ECs are so long, drug filled and painful afterwards. Still, all else is well, so I start injecting Puregon tonight. Yippee! Hoping for lots of ovary twinges over the weekend, first scan and blood test Monday and every 2 days thereafter. Can't believe I'm here again.....