Kiwi yay for your two superembies! Hope you survive the remaining week without too much stressing. Any interesting symptoms?
Isle so sorry that you?re in the dark pit of yuck. I can see why, you?ve had such a horrible time. The feeling of being held back is the worst one in the world for me, if you?re anything like me, you just feel this sense of suppressed frenzy and attempt to plan a billion other things as a surrogate for getting on with the thing you really want to (ie: the rest of your life) or, when that doesn?t work, sink into a black place. Have you got any short term plans for any good stuff?
Idream ? yes, I know what you mean about running out of emotions. I?ve actually found this 2WW quite easy. I?ve run out of ability to angst, having angsted for England up to ET. It?s like, I?ve done absolutely everything I possibly can, right down to the sci-fi extreme of accepting donor embryos into my body, I really can?t do any more to have a family, so I've become fatalistic. (Or possibly it?s a drugged trance.) LoL to your clinic story! And I?m really impressed re your writing! Let us know how your short story does in the comp! What a talented bunch of ladies on here. I've had a self-help book published (not about infertility although perhaps that should be my next attempt!)and got 3 chapters into a novel which I lost when my laptop was stolen, wich might have been a blessing in retrospect. I've always imagined starting to write again if I ever go on maternity leave, but you've inspried me - maybe I should just start anyway!
Cerubina your ZW appointment sounds great. I saw their nutritionalist last year. Isn?t it just so refreshing when someone medical really listens and focuses on you? Fingers xed you get an early appointment with the m/c consultant. So glad your massage provided some therapy as well as relaxation! Your sis?s comment? uhhhhh?
Riggly re DH?s swimmers, we?ve been told the same, rumpy pumpy every 2 days when trying naturally throughout the cycle, and pre IVF/ICSI, abstinence for 3 days before DH?s date with the plastic cup. Good luck for your scan on Thurs!
Amberc v impressed with your healthy you plan! Definitely worth it, not just because it gives you the best shot at getting updiffed, but also just for you! I need to get on top of the comfort eating. She says, having eaten 2 slices of clemantine and chocolate cake today ? but then I did cook Mothers Day lunch for my MIL and the whole tribe of 3 brothers so I needed it! Sounds like you went through a terrible time with your dads illness ? so sorry. You have a lot of self-awareness about it, I hope it?s helping you deal with the impacts it?s had on you.
Dueling glad the jabs are getting easier. I?m a big fan of letting DHs take the strain on this bit, and got mine to do everything inc the injecting ? it ensured he was involved and was less stressful for me. Know what you mean about the abstract weirdness of this process though.
MercenaryMom well done for getting yourself a massage too! The shrub in the garden sounds beautiful and very positive - I hope it' a step on the road towards closure on the mc for you.
NewMember didn?t you post on here a while ago? I vaguely remember! To echo what others have said, we?ve had ICSI and neither of you will experience anything different to standard IVF. It?s just another method of introducing the sperm to the egg. Ways your DH can try to improve his baby gravy include cutting out alcohol and caffeine, taking Wellman or other zinc-containing supplements, eating god protein like nuts for snacks and avoiding hot baths and tight pants. My DH went from an ICSI to a normal sample with a course of antibiotics to clear up a suspected low-level infection ? this was given to us by our clinic in Greece and isn?t normal practice on the NHS, but could be worth asking, he also had a couple of acupuncture appointments too.
Well, my test day is tomorrow. Not sure whether I?ll POAS first or not. Been having tremendous hot flushes, waking up at night with drenched sheets, all week till my genius acupuncturist sorted that out yesterday. I think my hypothetical bladder sprain probably was a bit of uterine cramping, it?s stopped now but I do feel full and swollen there, easy to imagine something?s happening ? but just as likely to all be drug side-effects! Hey ho.
I think you're all lovely too!