Assisted Conception and the bits inbetween

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Welcome to the new thread I only hope I can link it to the old one

Wow - congratulations rattling - officially now Wishing you a happy and healthy pregnancy.

Rahrah same to you too many congratulations to you too. Sending lots of lovely sticky vibes to your little bean.

spook so sorry to hear your news. It must be frustrating to have to wait until mid-December. I hope the time goes quick for you.

nappyvalley Sorry to hear your news as well Was it definitely your period? You are sounding remarkably philosophical. I'm glad you have your 4 little frosties.

Well, i'm hoping some of this thread's luck will rub off on me in a few weeks!! (currently day 3 of injecting)

Rah and rattling - I am so for you both- bit emotional actually!! just popped in for a quick lurk (sorry but I can't help myself checking in on all your progress) and saw all the 's and caps lock and got all butterflyey/excited reading your posts to get the news.

Anyway - wishing you stickiness and love
seaside xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

((spook)) sorry it was a chem pg
rah and rattling woo hoo congrats - lots of prayers for you and your beans
great news about herby too - will go and find her

Rah!!!! Omigod what FAB news
Has that just happened while you're waiting for your next cycle?? I am more than happy for you. Some good news on the thread. Yay.
Sticky bean vibes all round...

CONGRATS RAH!!!!!!!!! how amazing for you and dh!!! fantastic news. seaside let slip your news on the graduate thread.....................which it looks like you and rattling will be joining soon!!!

rattling - i know i dont really 'know' you.........but HUGE congrats to you too!

makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!

spook, nappy, I'm so sorry to hear your sad news. It is such a lottery.

Rahrah, Rattling - fantastic! brilliant! I'm thrilled for you both! Take lots of care of yourselves - as a Russian girlfriend told me, you must treat yourself as if you were a crystal vase! Be gentle and calm and make them stick.

I'm finding myself lurking around here a lot. Occasionally I go and lurk on the ante-natal threads but I just don't feel as at home there. I have a scan next week and otherwise still on gestone and steriods until the final ivig.

rah,rattling WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP

that is really fantastic news.

I had my blood test today and was not in the least bit surprised that am BFN.

We are quite at peace with it all really and am off to see the counsellor next week, but our followup appointment is not until 1 dec.

So we wont be looking to try again until January. Although that will be far less stressful with the frozen embryos and less invasive, so hopefully my body wont feel battered and embrace the little embryos.

Still cant believe we had 4 to freeze.

congrats again I am so so happy for you both.

Thanks so much girls..

Nappy... thank you... I have a good feeling about those frosties! I hope all goes well at your counsellor...XX

HI all.

v quiet around here at the moment.

I hope Lottie is having fun in norway.

Been to counsellor today. My clinic are so lovely. As I was waiting there, one of the consultants was passing and said how sorry they were it hadn't worked and was I ok. they really take each case personally.

seeing the counsellor was really useful and did help me find my way through a few things and also identify what I want to talk to DH about our next steps.

So if your clinic offers counselling I would recommend using it.

We are doing really well actually and quite happy .

I am too distracted by the demon destroyer

Hello all - a quick (and final?) update from me before I go and find myself another board to make home....

I had a scan today and we were a little surprised to find there are 2 monkeys in there! excited and terrified all at the same time!

thank you for all your support during this time. I will keep lurking around to see how you are all getting on. I wish you all well and that you all find the families you are looking for.

Congrats Swerve - what a surprise! And this was the 'dud' cycle wasn't it? . There are twins in my family and it has been lots of fun . . . the first years are harder, but then I think it's okay, and when they are older it's easier. I am sort of hoping for this result myself even though the sensible approach is one at a time.

I went for my pre-treatment appointment yesterday only to be told they weren't taking anymore people on until January! I couldn't believe it - I have already waited 3 months since my abandoned cycle. I asked to talk to the consultant and he very kindly put me on his list as an exception, I think being 39 helped! It was very stressful though, and I felt really bad about having to insist and therefore 'jumping the queue' but I really was so pissed off because if we had known this we would have gone private rather than wait. If I had accepted it I would have waited five months after an abandoned cycle. . . and at my age that is just stupid. This is my last funded cycle and I must say I will be happy to go private even if I can't afford it at all . . . debt is better than complete lack of control.

Hi Londonlottie

Can Ij ust ask, I take it you mean the treatment is more expensive in Norway?

We may be having to look at treatment abroad (although no idea where to start) and, for some reason, I'd been lead to believe it was cheaper abroad - am I wrong?

Thanks

swerve Wow - congratulations on the scan results - a double blessing Enjoy your pregnancy.

NV Really pleased to hear that the counselling was beneficial.

Lottie Glad it went well in Norway and that you are starting so soon.

Well i am all set for egg collection tomorrow Mixed up the final jab last night which was fun - felt like being back at school in the chemistry lab! So, those of you who have already been though EC - what's it really like? Please be honest - i'd much rather hear the truth!!

MOB - fingers crossed for you. Enjoy the pethadine!!oh and feeling like you have been kicked in the stomach by a bull tomorrow morning!! BUT it is all worth it.

Fingers crossed for you.

swerve happy graduation and twins to boot. good luck and get lots of rest.

Lottie - I managed to miss much of the worst of it (which I understand is the mood effects and headaches of down regging). The injections are fine and egg collection would have been okay if I hadn't gone straight back to work and had a riding lesson the next day . Drink lots of water - seemed to help me avoid any side-effects. Or perhaps nothing at all to do with it and I was just lucky.

Come back for a chat about the progesterone pessaries in a month or so - you're not ready to hear about them yet.

Best of luck for starting the drugs on Monday.

Swerve - twins! How exciting!

londonlottie I found the injections strangely addictive . . . I have been changed from meopur to gonal which uses pens and I am finding myself missing the idea of playing with those syringes! At least I have the final ovutrelle to look forward too . . . I am also not downregging so no injections there. In terms of reactions I found downregging the worst (flat emotions, headaches, sense of despair), and a building sense of hysteria (but a lot more fun) as the 'growing' drugs build up in the system.

I think the worst part is the EC, and like rattling I was too gung ho about recovery. This time I will take it easier (all the best intentions anyway). Are you beginning to downregg on monday or FSH injections? I should be on my way by then . . .

LL I totally didn't mind doing the injections - they were much better (IMO) that the horrible sniffy drugs! In fact the injections were kind of fun in an ameatuer doctor kind of way... MY EC went very well and although I did rest afterwards (both my DH and my Mum made sure of that) I didn't feel too bad. I took painkillers on the day of EC but didn't need them the next day and am not totally sure I really needed them on the day but took them because I was told to! So it's different for each of us. Most of it is worse when you're thinking about it rather than when you're doing it, I had a bit of a "I can't do this" wobble before first injection but then came to quite enjoy them in a weird way!

I agree with everyone else. I found the injections absolutely fine BUT I did think I would hate to go through it if I was a skinny minny .

there is something strangely exciting about injecting yourself. I think it is the sense of achievement and the feeling that it is so wrong!

And no rattling let us never speak of the pessaries again!!! btw started feeling sick yet???

londonlottie thinking of you today. The sniffy drugs gave me really bad dehydration headaches - make sure you drink lots of water to negate any side-effects. Best of luck