July/August baby threads, where are you now? Wishing, Sunnydale, Homeinthesun, Headfairy, Bubble, etc..

[Issy42]

Please don't be offended if you're not named, you're still welcome, I just have a rubbish memory. I can see a couple of you on November thread but there's a whole load of people not there. Just wondering if you wanted a little thread to keep in touch?

Headfairy - just replied to you on grapefruit thread. So sorry about your sad news. Was hoping a new thread might provide you with support from old friends.

And Sunnydale, I know you're wary of new threads, so though you might also like the company of old friends.

Wishing and Bubble having your weird long cycles and missing whole month's threads, thought this might be one for you too.

So what do you say? I'll start a list just in case:

Issy, ttc#1, cycle 14, ucl 28ish, cd 23/10dpo, mc Mar08, cp Sep08, IVF in April.

Good luck girl Get the biggest most impractical Volvo you can afford

Sorry about the bfn, but you've got a few days yet.

FYI, I used a really cheap Boots one... fed up of forking out on digi ones, it was £4.99 for two but boy do they make you work for your money. Last time I used an old fashioned analogue one was when I was pg with ds and I got a lovely fat blue line appearing straight away. With these cheap Boots ones the whole window goes a funny grey colour and then the pink lines appear after a minute or so. I expected the line to appear straight away so I put it down on the edge of the sink and walked away thinking bfn... went back to check again 30 seconds later and there was my pink cross. A little bit heart stopping if you're not used to them. Moral of the story, don't chuck that thing away until you've waited for it to fully develop

Hey Head congratulations! Thats great news. I can understand your reserve about getting too excited. I wish you all the very best and hope you manage to stay sane over the next few weeks! BTW, I will decline your invitation to share symptoms if its all the same. I don't want to jinx myself too much plus am trying not to obsess too much.

Girl - sorry to hear about the BFN. Why do we do this to ourselves eh?

Have updated following Heads great news and also added myself!

Issy TTC#1 MC Mar 08, CP Sep, IVF Apr09
Ilovebeingamummy TTC#3 MC Sep 08 MC Dec 08
Girlwithacurl TTC#1 MC Sep 08
Bubblebell TTC#3
Twiglettini TTC#4 MC/ERPC Sep 08 MC Jan 09
Sifuentes TTC#1 MMC Dec 08
Irishmumwannabe CD 3 (UCL 25-35) TTC # 1
Suzibhoy TTC#1
Sunnydale TTC#2 CD 3 (UCL 28 - 32)
Wasabi TTC#2 MC Jan 09

Gateau - BFP 11/2/09
Wishing BFP 16/3/09
RipMacWinkle TTC#2 BFP 30/3/09
JumpingJellyFish TTC#3 BFP 31/3/09
Bluesatinsash TTC#2 MC Aug 08 MC Dec 08 BFP 14/4/09
HeadFairy - BFP 22/04/09

Nuff said wasabi I totally understand.

I'm not mentioning my pregnancy again until I've seen a heartbeat, feel free to slap me if I twitter on about it

Hey Everyone

Head that is the most amazing news Congrats - will keep quiet about it now and wishing you have a very sticky bean.

Girl so sorry you had a BFN they are so disappointing aren't they?

Bubble hope you have a better day tomorrow.

Wasabi sounds like you have a cool job - hope you have many more commissions to procrastinate over,

So anyway I borrowed my sisters Skoda Fabia for the test and spent the past two days driing it around the town. Did my test today and got one major error which is enough to fail. I know what I did wrong though so I can just resit it again really soon and will definitely pass it then ONly got 4 medium faults apart from that and you need 9 medium faults to fail.

I'm happy enough and will leave it now until tomorrow when i will rebook.

Anywho enough about me - will talk to you all later.

Sorry to hear about your test irish, hope the retest goes well.

Congratulations Head - that's wonderful news , sending you lots of positive thoughts for a very sticky bean. Don't feel concerned about telling us - the good news keeps us positive and you certainly deserve some after everything you've been through.
Sorry you failed the test Irish - so frustrating when you fail on something you know you can do. I'm sure you'll pass next time.
Sorry you got a BFN Girl - let's hope you just tested too early. Realised I never answered your question - not that it matters now, but my ex does want to have children and is happy for us to have an 'accident' as he sees it, but can't get his head around actively ttc with someone he's not in love with and I would never lie to him about my fertile time, so just had to hope he was in the mood at the right time.
Hope you enjoyed your time in the park Bubble .
Wasabi - glad you had fun in Legoland. Fingers crossed for you with your positive signs.
Sunny - Hope you're feeling a little better now, but understandable that you're feeling low.
Blue - You're so considerate always asking after everyone else, you rarely tell us how you're doing.

I'm still injecting twice of an evening. Have new needles and am drawing up with one and injecting with a fresh one, which is better - though I made myself bleed again today. Can't really complain though, only 3 bleeds from 21 buserelin injections and none from the Gonal-F ones. Had a panicky time on Monday as the nurse was clearly shocked at how many follies I had and how big they were, so convinced myself I was about to get OHSS, but they left me on the same dose of drugs and rescanned the next day and there was only a small amount of growth (some follies had even measured smaller, but I'll put that down to different sonographer), so still on same dose and back again tomorrow. Really enjoyed the lie-in today, I'm not built for 6am starts , guess it's practice in case it works. Only about one week to go now - eek! Getting really tender though, especially going over speed bumps, so dread to think what I'll be like in a few days. Oh and (tmi warning) finally know what loads of EWCM is like - forget grapefruit juice just inject yourself with FSH every day, lol.

Hi everyone else.

Morning all!

Ive got a cold sore so feeling more sorry for myself.
another moan from me!! sorry i will try harder to be more cheerfull.

ds2 and dn loved the park and playgroup we came back and played on the trampoline after.

issy you really are brave. all those injections. i have no idea what happens with ivf. so excuse me if i come across a bit dense.

Irish im sorry about your test. fingers crossed for next time.

how are you Blue and Head? girl any news?

hello to everyone else

Hi all. Ouch issy your post made me wince... all sounds good though!!

bubble about your cold sore, they can be really annoying!

Sorry you failed your test irish, i failed twice, butgot there eventually!

So I am now 14DPO so officially late... but i stupidly did another test and another BFN ... please slap me, i deserve it. So just waiting now for AF to turn up... or not (please).
One of my freinds just announced they are having twins, they already have a DS... they will now have 3 DC in the time i have been TTC just 1... i am so happy for them, just feeling sorry for myself.

head thinking of you... and sending lots of healthy and sticky thoughts!

spotting... guess thats it then...

Goodness me Issy you are so brave. Your post made my eyes water. Like Bubble I wasn't sure what IVF involved. I knew it was painful and draining but all those injections. I wish you all the luck in the world.

Irish sorry to hear about the test. If its any consolation I passed on my fourth attempt! And they didn't have the theory in those days - I just sucked at driving.

No news from me, just checking in. Its a long 2WW.

Afternoon ladies, DS has decided to go for his nap so Mummy can get on MN - bless him .

Oh girl - sorry TEW is en route - damn her.

Better luck next time irish - took me three attempts and the day I passed still ranks as one of the best ever (26 April 1991!!).

Issy - big gold star for you handling your daily injections, it will be all worth it when you get that BFP . Look after yourself and rest up as much as possible OK?

Bubble - get yourself some zovirax! Hows the trampolening going - .

You know wasabi - I could tell your were a writer, your words flow really easily . Great to hear you had a fab time in Legoland - with alcohol too . The babydust should be getting dropped off your way this avvo - look out for the large volvo boot opening and dumping it in your drive .

Head - has it sunk in yet? I'm with you on the taking it slowly. I'm trying to 'forget' I'm pg and other than the anxious knicker checking every time I go to the loo I'm keeping my mind otherwise engaged. I told my Mum on Tues. as had a major wobble and did a "if I'm going to mc can it be sooner rather than later this time". She happened to pop round in the middle of my meltdown (DS was oblivious thankfully) so I had a good cry and a big hug was duly delivered - bless her! She is sworn to secrecy and DH doesn't even know I've told her.

One day at a time sweet jesus .

Someone has just bought their baby in, and another has told me she is PG... people are just doing this to annoy me now...

blue fingers still crossed for you!

Girl im sorry that af is lurking. there are ppl always around to tell you their news when you feel low.

Blue this bit is the worst i think, waiting for the 12wk mark. Im keeping everything crossed that this bean is a sticky one.

oddly i feel like ttc is a competition. us girlies on here against the rest of the world. dont feel bad about sharing your good news with us. I amwe are genuinly pleased for you all. xxxxx

Hi, are any of you girls temping? I have a question... I took my temp when I was rudly awakened at 6:30 by DP, and then again at my usual time 8:00... they were very different - 36.16 at 6:30 and 36.65 at 8:00. I didn't sleep between 6:30 - 8:00, but did doze (I am a tubbish sleeper anyway so don't usuallu get mush sleep). which do you think I shuold use?

btw. no AF yet... very confused to say the least. Didn't text again this morning, couldn't take any more.

hope everyone else is ok?

I just read that post.. god awful typing.. sorry!

Morning all. Just a quickie from me but I wanted to answer Girls question. I think you should use the earliest one. I have been temping for the first time this month and from what I understand the key thing about it is doing it as soon as you wake up. Once you;ve had a snuggle for an hour you warm up a bit!

HTH

Out of interest, what does your chart look like? Have you noticed a drop off in temps now that in theory your AF is due? I got all excited mid week because it looked like I might have a triphasic chart but that now seems to have been a false alarm I'm clearly a novice.

Sorry I'm v out of touch this week- Head Huge Congrats! Completely understand why you are trying to not get too excited- but really hope this LO is a sticky lil bean... The Volvo trick certainly seems to be working!

Ilovebeingamummy so sorry about your blood test results. I do know how you feel being torn apart with longing for the third child you have always had a place for in your heart and the guilt at not being thankful enough for the 2 you have- I am in the same boat- and my heart goes out to you. I am so lucky to have finally got my bfp, but this pregnancy is going to be the hardest thing I ever do due to the complications of testing for cf etc. and I do wonder at times why I am putting us all through this... Sorry bit sidetracked... Really hope the homeopath helps- I have also heard that medical herbalists can work wonders, but I would imagine they both work in similar ways.

girl any news re AF? Keeping everything crossed for you

bubble how is your cold sore? I'm so lucky not to have had one but they look so painful. Hope the 2ww is passing as quickly as possible

wasabi keeping fingers crossed for you

irish sorry to hear about the driving test, but hope you get a retest v soon. How are you feeling this cycle?

blue how is the knicker checking going?

issy I really take my hat off to you, your post made me wince- and in theory I don't have an injection aversion! Really thinking of you

Well....I had my first consultant apt yest. Scan showed lil bean is growing ok- dates agree etc., and clear heartbeat (7.5 weeks now). CVS test has been booked for end of May- I'll be 12.5 weeks then which in my mind is later than I hoped to have it, but for various reasons my hospital won't do it earlier. I guess I just have to go with that, but it makes the wait seem now soooo long Back on aspirin too now to reduce chance of PE developing- it all seems very real now, and makes me wonder how well I'm going to cope with this rollercoaster. The midwife then gave me dates for all my later scans and it just made me want to cry because I just cannot think beyond the CVS results, so much hinges on them. Cried for about 3 hours last night while DH was out But feel somehow better today, and determined to just keep going with everything else distracting me- and try to focus on the gorgeous kids I'm so lucky to have already. But I can't ignore this pregnancy- it's making me knackered, emotional and sick! But guess I have to learn how to cope with all this, as this was our "informed" decision. Man, I just so want this baby to not have CF and be able to think of growing a bump etc etc.

Anyhow don't want to put a downer on this thread- hope you ladies are all doing ok, and thank you for letting me rant.

Much love to you all xxxx

Hi junmping I wont even pretend to know what you are going through, but my heart goes out to you! i have everything crossed for you to get the all clear. Don't worry about coming here to rant, that is what we are here for!!

wasabi thanks for replying, that is what I was afraid of, the low temp would mean the AF is definitly on her way, which I prett much knew. Its just odd as I don't usually spot and I have for 2 days now. Starting to get cramps now so think she will be in full flow by this evening... so to answer your question I had a high temp yesterday, then a drop today... bah

Hi Everyone,

TGIF - I really can't stay focused in work today and keep going off on tangents. - (obviously this is my MN tangent)

Hi Jumping glad you are feeling better today. I have no experience of what you are going through but you know we are always here for a shoulder to cry on/ear to bend. It's perfectly understandable for you to be so emotional and I really hope you get the result you want at the end of May. (It sounds like its ages away but it'll fly in for you)

Girl how's the AF watch going? Hope it stays away.

Wasabi wow copywriting - sounds very creative and interesting.

Issy how are teh follies today? Hope you are having an easier time of teh injections - really take my hat off to you on that - yuck at the thoughts of needles [shudder emoticon]

Bubble I also get the dreaded coldsores - tehy can be so painful adn mine usually don't even have the tingle at teh beginning to warn me they are coming. (Or else I am too busy spotting ovulation signs, pg symptoms and AF to notice the tingle near my mouth )

I have applied for a retest and told them to put me on teh short notice list (it's a 7 week waiting list on average so hopefully someone will cancel sooner.)

Re my cycle this month I have been quite lax I think mainly because I was focuising on the driving ather then the BDing. If my cycle goes back to normal I will have AF by a week tomorrow, otehrwise it's waiting untilteh 9th of April for me. If it's eth 9th of April, DH and I will have a very active weekend)

Hope everyone is feeling good today and have a nice weekend (broadband playing up at home so might not be online until Monday)

girl sorry that it seesm like AF is inevitably on her way FWIW the cycle before I fell pregnant this time I had the weirdest spotting- started 5 days pre-AF was expected, carried on for 2-3 days, stopped for a day (cue hopes rising) then AF arrived rather too enthusiastically the day after. Next cycle I got my BFP- in spite of starting investigations re. the spotting (I never had spotting before, but had it quite a few times in the 9 months of TTC). Hope you are ok.

irish hope the 2ww goes quickly and you enjoy your weekend

Thanks for your support ladies, means a lot

Hi Ladies,

Sneaky post at work whilst on my lunch..

Jumping - stay positive and as you said to me last week, we are all in the laps of the gods. Its so hard not knowing what the future holds but we just have to push on through.

Irish - I take it you mean 9th May and aren't waiting until next year - that would be v. laid back!

girl - so AF is here - the old bugger.

My fingers are crossed for all still on 2ww and my other hand is rubbing my lucky rabbit's paw for all us in scary early pg territory.

Have a lovely weekend all x

Hello everyone, I'm also doing a sneaky post at work. It's not that sneaky actually, I'm on here all the time

Issy You poor thing, I hope all the injections are successful and your hard work pays off.

Bubble I hope the cold sore is better. A bit of sunshine does the world of good so I've heard. Trampoline sounds cool...

wasabi I hope that 2ww starts to fly by.

Blue I'm doing well thanks. Still ignoring it all and going to the loo 30 times an hour, not because I need to pee (well I do usually too) but just to cop a sneaky peak. Damn! I'm neurotic Sorry the stress got to you, I totally know where you are on that. I'm glad you were able to offload on your mum. I haven't told anyone yet (apart from dh)

girl what's happening with AF? I hope she's stayed away!

jumping what a terribly stressful situation you are in. I hope the cvs gives you a good result. I can see how hard it must be for you to get excited about scans when you have that hanging over you.

Well I went to the docs yesterday, he told me what I already knew; that my bloods had all come back normal. He said "you had a nice high progesterone reading, so you definitely ovulated" I had to interrupt him at that point and tell him I was certain I had ovulated as I was now pregnant. He was very pleased, and leapt for his silly wheel thing and told me my due date before I could even stop him (ds was destroying his office at this point so I was a tad distracted) and he's blurted out my due day, December 27th. How annoying, but kind of funny too. At least I didn't look it up. He's happy to let nature take it's course and he didn't think I needed any progesterone supplements as my reading was nice and solid. He's just said go along for a scan at 7 or 8 weeks. I've just got to forget about it all until then.

Have a lovely day every one xx

Hi everyone.
Bubble - be proud of that cold sore. There are women at my clinic who are on a two-year waiting list for an egg donor. This is because they are CMV negative. AFAIK, if they'd ever had a cold sore, they would be CMV positive and would only have to wait 12 months.
Girl - I like your typos, esp the idea of being able to text someone to find out if you're pg . I'm afraid the temps don't look good. It will be slightly lower because it was earlier though and you can get a one-off dip around implantation, so see what tomorrow brings. Good luck.
Wasabi - Hope the 2ww goes quickly for you. I'm to say that I don't really know what copywriting is.
Blue and Head - may the knicker-checking remain fruitless. On the AC thread (at least I think it was that thread) they swear by wearing black knickers to reduce the obsession. December 27th is a good date. He/she will never have to go to school on their birthday, but friends will still be around to celebrate.
JJF - Great that there is a clear heartbeat, but completely understand your fears. I think you and Sunny are two of the bravest, most amazing women I have ever 'met' to make the difficult decisions you've had to make in life. Give your mum a hug back from me.
Irish - Good luck with the retest - took me 3 goes to pass too. Hopefully you'll be second time lucky.

Thanks for all the lovely comments, but lol at your squeamishness at my needles. Makes me realise how far I've come - after 23 days it's become almost 'normal' for me. Had to think about the first time I injected for IUI, which I think was just before Glastonbury last year. I remember being really nervous about getting it right and surprised that the needle going in didn't hurt at all but the liquid going in did. These injections are the other way around, once the skin is pierced it's fine. First one is scary, but only because you're unsure of what to do - different injecting into plastic at the hospital than doing it to yourself. Not many more to go now hopefully. At my scan on Thursday the sonographer was debating over whether I would have egg collection (EC) Sat or Mon, but the nurse was still vague. However, they reduced my dose of FSH and I'm back tomorrow at 7:30am (eek!) so will know more then.

Bubble - IVF long protocol in brief:
Day 3ish go for scan to see how many 'antral' follicles you have, which determines drug dosage.
Day 21 - start down-regulating, either injections or sniffing drugs, to stop your body working normally
Day 28ish - get bleed
Day 35 - scan and blood test to check down-regulated, if confirmed start stimulation drugs (injections) to reawaken ovaries
Day 40/41 - first stim scan and blood test to see how follicles are growing, then repeated scans every other day until ready for egg collection (womb lining has to be 8mm and ideally at least 3 follicles at 1.8cm)
Next bit I'm unsure of because haven't got that far but think it's:
Day of final scan - confirms no more stimulation drugs needed, but continue with down-regulation drug to ensure don't ovulate.
36 hours before EC - take hcg trigger to ripen eggs
EC is done under sedation or general anaesthetic (still undecided on that)
Embryo transfer is done 2-5 days later depending on how many you have and how they are doing.
16 days after ET you get to test
3 weeks after testing you have a scan to confirm pregnancy

Better go now, just remembered I have to be up at 6am for that scan.

Good scan this morning - have 6 follies at or above 1.8, 13 more 0.9 or above and 9 more that are too small to bother recording. Slight issue with my womb lining going in wrong direction but they seem to think that's just different angle on the scan and luckily it's just 8mm (was 9 on Tues). Looks like EC on Monday so just waiting for blood test results to confirm. Have to keep telling myself this isn't an attempt at ttc, it's just another investigation, which tells me whether or not my eggs work, so I keep my feet on the ground. The silver lining being that I would have at least 12 months on egg donor register to find a man . It's getting harder to view it that way though. Hope everyone is well.