Assisted conception and the bits inbetween Part Two!.......

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Hi everyone.
New thread starts here....

fantastic news pinkie, I'm so happy you got your bfp!! And I'm really hoping there will be more bfps over the next few weeks.

wow kc11, 7 good embies, that's great. are you going to freeze some? All the best for tomorrow!!

I'm really up and down at the moment. sometimes thinking by next february I could have another baby (yes i have already calculated the due date ), the next moment I'm thinking what if I go through all this effort and expense and it's all for nothing. and I'm not even on any drugs yet, how emotional am I'm gonna get!!

anyway will go and eat my lovely cabbage soup ...trying to be healthy after earlier chocolate binge!! were you told by your doctors you had to eat healthily or does it not really matter? mine doesn't seem to think it matters, but it can't hurt right??

just read your post gilly. I'm crossing my fingers for some good news tomorrow, hope you manage to distract yourself until then. but with 10 eggs your chances are looking great.

I can work flexible hours but am expected to give them a few day's notice. I can get set up to work from home too occasionally but will need to give them a reason. I think I will just talk to my boss after easter.

Pinkie!!! I'm so happy for you - and this serves as a lesson... listen to Gilly, not to me, I'm a NOVICE!

KC - I'll be able to test Easter weekend, so I'm doing my tww around the same time as you, it sounds like. Best of luck with the transfer!

Gilly- Congrats on EC today - I'll keep my fingers crossed for your transfer too!!!

I'm not totally consumed with BFP thoughts, but almost. Because we've been ttc for so many years on our own, we haven't really told many people we're trying IUI or any medications. So reading your posts are pretty much my outlet.

I'm so very happy that so many of us are making good progress!

Gilly that sounds like a good ec and a great result with fertilised and grades of embies.

Duplo i dont think healthy can hurt but my docs/nurses also said it all makes no difference so who knows.

I think we need to keep those things in perspective. A choc fest is sometimes a girls necessity.You know at the end of the day food is just food but chocolate well thats CHOCOLATE

I am trying to keep calm but am actally really scared and cant believe got to wait 18 days for scan.AHHHHHHH

hi everyone else XX

pinkie - just popped in from the Baby Dancing TTC thread and saw your news. CONGRATULATIONS I am keeping everything crossed for you. Please pop over to the other thread sometime to let us know how you are getting on - take care.

Congratulations Pinkie and Dharma .

Not going to post more as I'm on holiday in the Lakes and supposed to be forgetting about ttc, but just gave myself my first buserelin injection, so since I was thinking about it anyway ...

Hope you're all well. Will catch up properly on Sunday.

Gilly - how are you doing? Transfer yet???

Hi Issy Have a great time Love it in the lakes.

KC11 hope you feelimg ok ((hugs))

Gilly they sound great i am sure they will make it they sound fab. Let us know.

My update - ok so Obsessive compulsive disorder aside i have done a number of tests and yesterday got a +ive with 1-2 weeks on clearblue conception indicator. This am it went to +ive 2-3weeks. Thats got to be a good sign right.

I think i am more scared now than throughout the treatment and i seem to want to work from home which i am managing as my whole team is in portugal until end of april so have got away with it heheheh

Hi everyone else XX

pinkie good signs indeed!

KC - can't wait to hear about your transfer - hoping all goes well.

Lots of good news on this thread, it must be something to do with Spring!

Congratulations Pinkie and I hope everything continues to go well. I hope things went well yesterday, KC11, and for you on Monday Gillydaffodil.

I'm still injecting mjyself with the buserelin and have my baseline scan on Tuesday next week. I've really not had any side effects at all so far - I'm not sure whether it's due to the acupuncture I've been having, I'm just lucky or the drugs aren't actually doing anything! I'll see on Tuesday I guess.

Duplo I know exactly what you mean about being on a bit of a rollercoaster, I also veer between excitement at the thought that this could end in a baby, and a bleak feeling that all this effort and money will have been for nothing. I'm trying just to go with the flow though and not force myself feel any particular way, I figure I'll just deal with whatever happens, when it happens.

I'm lucky that I have the flexibility to work from home when necessary, so I told my boss that I'll be needing some regular medical treatment over the next couple of weeks, and so will work from home those days, and she is fine with that (though she made me feel guilty by looking very concerned!). I am planning to take annual leave for the EC and for the next few days afterwards.

well done gilly. Your embies are doing a sterling job. I will be thinking positive thoughts for you and DH and the "littl' uns" for Monday. Good luck. Keep us posted.

I had 2 embies transferred on Thurs 2 April. 1 x 6 cells and 1 x 8 cells. I think that's good? ! ? Sadly the other five only had 3 cells on the transfer date so we were advised not to bother freezing them. It's a bit of a shame as we were ready to spend the money (£1,200) to keep them for upto 5 years.

Rollercoaster in full swing today. one minute I think we'll be successful first time around, the next minute I think I'm kidding myself and heading for a big fall.

I do have a bit of backache today and a colleague at work (who is a cow anyway!) has got me riled. But I am much more important than her, for the next 9 months at least, so she can get stuffed!!!! This site is truly my outlet, as someone else has already said. It is wonderful to be able to tell news, worries and let off steam. What on earth did our mothers and grandmothers do back in their day? How lucky are we that we live in a time where Assisted Reproduction Techniques exist. We must be thankful for that.

I was reading Miriam Stoppard's Conception and Pregnancy Book this morning, trying to find out at what stage an embryos splits to form twins. DH is so upbeat and is convinced we will be succesful and have twins or triplets. How on earth does a first time mum learn to cope with twins? I am worried I won't be able to do what is needed on a day to day basis. Will I be able to feed the baby? Or change its nappy? I state here for the record, away from DH's ears, I will be very pleased with 1, thankyou very much!

Good luck with the morning injs Issy. Have not been to The Lakes but am sure they are well worth the visit. Hope you are relaxed and serene.

Good girl pinkie. Keep up the good work as you're making good progress.

Do any of you live in Essex? If so, we could perhaps meet up for a coffee in a few weeks time. Perhaps a saturday might be easiest. Has anyone looked on the MUMSNET LOCAL part of the site?

Has anyone who's had Emb Transfer felt like they should not bend over or crouch down to pick something up? I know they say they can't fall out, but do they know that for sure?

Hugs to you all.

KC11 We had 2 8cell transfered and none to freeze for exactly the same reason.

I have definately felt the need to be abit more careful with myself and still am being.

We live miles away from you unfortunately. I think meeting people that we feel a connection to because of the thread is a really cool idea, we are in Manchester

Fingers crossed gilly monday not far off and all will go smoothly.

hi gilly
My scan is Mon 20th and that too feels like an age away and i keep doing tests due to odd splodge of brown residue. Clinic nurse said as long as its brown she not concerned and it does seem to be very spasmodic.

I think its very natural to personalise those little embies and i strongly believe that medicine goes so far and then a little bit of being strong and believing it will work goes along way.

Hi London thats why we ended up transferring 2 embies as they wouldnt freeze just 1 and the others werent viable to freeze it seemed so callous to throw it so we took the gamble. Obviously we still dont know how many have taken which is so weird. I too talk to them and will them to be strong, i think its natural.

Have a good weekend everyone XX

That sounds great gilly, 5 excellent embies, wow!

Your pregnancy tests sound very encouraging pinkie, your hcg is obviously increasing which is a good sign.

Hope you're getting loads of rest and treats, KC11, and manage to distract yourself as much as possible. I am terrible at 2ww but I still have not managed to watch my 24, series 6 dvds so will keep them for then. I live in london, not essex, but I guess some parts of essex are quite close to london so meeting up may be possible.

I think the first few months with twins must be a nightmare tbh, but I secretly quite like the idea, probably in my general state of broodiness I think the more the merrier. saw a woman travelling on the tube the other day with 4 children quite close in age and was thinking how nice. Might feel quite different if I had to actually look after them all day though .

I know what you mean about keeping things secret islegrin. I told dp I had enough of secrets and I would tell all our friends when they ask next - guess what, nobody's asking. They all seem to be happy with the explanation we gave then a year ago that we still wanted to wait a bit before having another. and there is me thinking everyone must see how desperate I am. obviously not.
So I told two friends even though they weren't asking and their reaction was a bit strange, I think they were embarrassed or just didn't know what to say. So will only discuss it with people who are experiencing the same now.

anyway, today is a good day, the sun is shining and I had a run in the park and it was beautiful!!

Gilly so happy for you and your "pairs" I can't imagine how difficult it is to have parts of you growing and waiting for you! How exciting!!! Everything crossed for you on Monday!

Duplo - I know, it's like if people haven't been through the rollercoaster they inevitably say all the WRONG things. They ask you "how's it going?" just when AF shows up - and then if they know it hasn't happened in months then they start feeling sad for you. In my mind, it's just better to share happy news once we have it. Luckily, I have all of you here at MN to share the rollercoaster ride.

Speaking of ride... I'm 7 dp IUI - and last week I was noticing every twinge and making up syptoms in my mind at every little headache - but this weekend should be implantation ... and I feel NOTHING! Not a twinge, twinkle or two. So last week I was convinced this would be the cycle - now I'm nearly conviced it isn't happening.

It will happen or it won't - regardless of what I think, I guess that's the good news.

Hope you are all doing well and taking care of yourselves - best of luck!

Hi. Just checking in briefly. Gilly Hope the Transfer went well today. Bart's did not ever mention going to blasts to us. I wonder if they should have at least given us the option. We were willing to pay £1,200 to freeze any leftover embryos, so we would probably have paid whatever they asked for!!!

My Transfer was on 2nd April. It seems so long ago. Have to test on 16 April. Waiting is tedious. I'm glad I'm at work with lots to do. DH is on 2 weeks annual leave as it is rostered. I'm jealous but if i took time off now I would not have much leave left to use later in the year when I want a week off (when I'm preggers) to put my feet up. Ah the power of positive thinking......

Gilly Hugs to you!
I think your feelings are completely understandable. Take it easy on yourself both physically and emotionally. Just allow yourself to ride the waves without being too harsh on yourself. The important thing is focusing on those two little bundles of joy in you right now.

I'm not sure how many children you want in total, but ONE is a giant step!

Pamper yourself, hug DH and keep the image of those two bundles in your mind. Best of luck! We're all here for you.

(me - I'm symptom spotting like CRAZY!!!) but I think it's the excedrin I took.
Are hotflashes a symptom or just left over from the hormone medications?