Hiya gals
Sooty , can't believe it, what a completely sh!tty thing to happen! You seem to be taking it amazingly well, I don't think I'd be as philosophical. Hope you gave that BDing everything... (((Sooty)))) Sometimes things really seem to conspire against you, don't they.
And another big hug for you (((( NPA ))) Really sorry that the BFN was confirmed. How was the party and SIL-gate? V tough timing for you, despite having had a couple of says to get used to it. I'm very impressed that you've decided to go for donor eggs. I'm still going rounc in circles on that one, although increasingly slowing down on the DE part of the circuit...
Gingerwine , brilliant that you got the job! And your timing seems to be brilliant, if you can do a cycle without worring about appointments and then have the job to look forward to. Congratulations!
Islegrin gasp! 12 embryos! That is amazing, you've done fantastically well. Everything crossed that they develop well. Hope you're managing not to stress too much, I know it's practically impossible...
LL I'm tickled pink about the thought of a father and daughter team delivering your babies! Talk about keeping it in the family, somehow I find that really nice! You may have a party-free NYE this year, but imagine the joint birthday party when they're 18...
Duplo Good luck for EC tomorrow! 3 follies sounds like a triumph to me, could be more than you need. Interesting to hear about GIFT being better for low responders, it wasn't ever mentioned to me, but possibly that was because DH's sperm stats meant we were recommended for ICSI. It might be rather hard to not know whether your eggs fertilised.
Issy hello, and congrats on your little baby girl!
Caitni LOL at the idea of mental rebooting! That's exactly what I'm trying to do!
Well, I saw the counsellor at LWC on Thursday. Talk about a waste of time. I'd been hoping for some help working through the tangle of conflicts I've got myself into over DE, and she just sat there shrugging and making trite comments like 'give it time' (I'm 41!!! Time ain't what I have!), with no attempt at helping me think things through. She obviously has a focus on whether DE children should be told they're donor-conceived, and spent ages on that, until eventually I butted in to tell her we had no issue with that or with donor anonymity and had always assumed we'd tell them from the start and support their right to contact their real mothers when they were 18, IF we went down that route... She also made some choice comments like calling the donor industry 'exploitation', saying it was her last day at the clinic and she was 'just playing at it' (glad you are, this is about the most important decision of my life...) and generally not acknowledging the fact that I was sitting there weeping like a fountain and obviously completely messed up. Hopeless. Not a completely wasted trip as DH did take me for a nice lunch in Covent Garden to compensate! It's had the bizarre effect of pushing me closer to choosing DE's, partly because it's demonstrated that no-one is going to give me the answer, I will just have to take a leap of faith.
But the ZW nutritionalist was brilliant, complete contrast, really knew her stuff and full of hopefull suggestions. Getting blood tests for Vitamin D and essential fatty acids done, so will wait to see what they say.
Sorry for me me me post, but it did feel nice to have a rant!