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#makeithappen TTC through Donor IUI or Donor IVF or just undecided. All welcome. Thread 7

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kwick · 25/03/2017 10:51

This thread is for anyone trying to conceive... or thinking about doing so through donor IUI or donor IVF. Nothing TMI - feel free to join, we are a lovely group here to support and help keep the cray-cray away!

Here is the link to the previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/donor_conception/2863056--makeithappen-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-or-just-undecided-all-welcome-Thread-6

Here is the link to the one before that: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2832207--makeithappen-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-or-just-undecided-all-welcome
Here is the link to the one before that one: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2769549-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-or-just-undecided-all-welcome-makeithappen-loadsofBFPs
Here is the link to the thread before that: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2688511-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-or-just-undecided-all-welcome-makeithappen
Here is the link to the one before that one: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/2587046-TTC-through-Donor-IUI-or-Donor-IVF-or-just-undecided-all-welcome
And the one before that!: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/conception/1877198-Donor-IUI

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INeedNewShoes · 06/04/2017 14:14

Pez - yep it's the progesterone. Up the amount of water you drink, add raw veg (sticks of celery, carrot, pepper) to your diet and add a bowl of bran flakes before bed. This has saved me anyway! When you get a BFP you'll find the slow bowels problem only gets worse but making those small changes to my diet has helped a lot.

INeedNewShoes · 06/04/2017 14:42

Witch - I think I'm going to hire you to follow me around on MN and help me make my point on threads Grin

Pez82 · 06/04/2017 15:48

Thanks shoes (I love raw vegs but they aren't good for implantation as they take more energy for the stomach to digest, diverting the blood flow). I had halved my IBS meds a couple of months ago as all the healthy eating was helping but I'll go back to my normal dose tonight 😉

Soooo much looking forward to all the nasty pregnancy symptoms - I promise when this happens I will not complain!!!

Any movement from littleshoes? Still in a comfy breech position?

INeedNewShoes · 06/04/2017 16:17

I didn't know that re the raw veg and implantation!

Littleshoes is still comfy head up (confirmed by the midwife yesterday). We have exactly one week for baby to turn but I would bet my life savings because I have none that baby will be in exactly the same position this time next week.

I'm actually having a relax now to try to get baby moving at all as Littleshoes is having a quiet day and if I don't get some good movements in the next couple of hours I'll have to go in for monitoring. I'm about to resort to putting an ice cube on my tummy!

CreatingADream · 06/04/2017 16:34

Eeeks also didn't know about the raw veg and implantation... How long before do you stop eating it?

Pez82 · 06/04/2017 17:16

Shoes, that sounds so stressful when they don't move for while. Come on littleshoes give your mommy a few kicks! Did you just make up the ice cube trick or is it a well known one???

Dream, basically during the luteal phase (after ovulation) you want your womb to be as juicy and welcoming as possible. So you want plenty of blood flow in there. Anything that is hard to digest will divert some of the blood flow to your stomach, that's why you should avoid cold drinks/ice-cream and raw vegs. I also cut on dairy after ovulation but I know others who don't.
Instead I eat a lot of fresh ginger and also pineapple to help with the blood flow. I'm also taking baby aspirin.

kwick · 06/04/2017 18:20

pez sorry you are not feeling so good - I discovered a natural laxative last night - Goats Milk Kefir and dried bananas... Confused
It could be the progesterone or implantation or something else entirely- try to relax and take it easy do as I say not as I do

I have dreams about having sex Grin

late I found a great website (sorry saved on another device) which gives test date according to stage of embryos- it does vary. Although my FC's policy is always day 16 no matter what.

Wow pez I am adding that to my top tips list!!!

shoes in "Call the Midwife" tgey advise drinking a glass of cold water. Come littleshoes!!!

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kwick · 06/04/2017 18:21

Voila!!

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Pez82 · 06/04/2017 18:28

I feel truly honoured you've added it to your list 😊

INeedNewShoes · 06/04/2017 18:44

For some reason the cold drink thing doesn't work that well for LittleShoes but there's been a bit of wriggling so I'm reassured.

A friend told me about the ice on tummy thing. I'd only do it as a last resort though!

Everhopeful76 · 06/04/2017 19:00

Hi shoes~ I always found anything sweet esp chocolate would get Mabel kicking as well as the ice cubes, cold coke thing. Hope something works soon, I found that less than reassuring too but sometimes they do have quiet days

kwik what is goats milk kefir? Perhaps I need it as a laxative before I get weighed to start my new cycle. I have dreams about sex as well, pity they not real eh

witch that article you posted was reassuring, thank you

Hi caz and dream newbies since I ve last posted but do lurk and read everything!!!

Munrowalker · 06/04/2017 19:18

Hahahha @kwick.....cold drinks and raw veg diverts blood from your womble 😂😂😂😂😂

StorkAhoy · 06/04/2017 19:19

Hi guys!
pez yep progesterone is a required nasty. Try prunes. Lots of prunes. Totally worked for me! And yes you are right about the raw veg and cold food!

And yes, one of the most heartbreaking things for me is having recurrent dreams about my two little girls. Which obviously I don't have yet! My mind likes to torture me, clearly.

I've missed a day, and 2 pages, I'm off to read those articles!

pickle162 · 06/04/2017 19:21

Welcome creatingadream
Meh don't listen to anyone negative,this is your journey & only u know when it's right to start on it. I was31 when started planning this (it doesn't have to take 18months but had my reasons) and had similar response from a couple of people.
Rubbish that lwc aren't getting back to u quick. Do you live in London?

Pez hope those symptoms are all good symptoms (ibs symptoms need to do one tho 😫)
Not toooooo much longer for pez and late till test day :) keeping fingers and toes crossed!!!!

Littleshoes stop worrying mummy!!! Not long to go shoes :)

I had a real 💩 day today, thank goodness for one of my amazing managers! There was lots of tears involved (& not linked to hormones or ttc for once)

This is all I have standing in my way of starting my treatment-21 days to go

#makeithappen TTC through Donor IUI or Donor IVF or just undecided.  All welcome.  Thread 7
Pez82 · 06/04/2017 19:44

Pickle, sorry you had a crap day at work. But seeing the pills I have a feeling that you must be in countdown heaven - this has to be even better than your countdown app 😂

pickle162 · 06/04/2017 19:57

Hehe 😂 I do love my app, I have so many mini things on it to try and make the time go quicker. 21 days still seems a lifetime away...& that's only the start of the wAiting lol
How you feeling now pez

Pez82 · 06/04/2017 20:56

Cramping had got better in the afternoon but it's back full blown and my lower back is killing me. I think I'll just have to take a bit of paracetamol.
Maybe the embryo has attached to the bit of endometriosis I have 😱. Is that physically possible?
I'm just blaming everything on the progesterone

pickle162 · 06/04/2017 21:17

Hmmmm don't sound pleasant pez 😔** suppose just a waiting game to test really. Could ring clinic in the morning and ask if any advice?

CautionHormone · 06/04/2017 22:01

Shoes - is littleshoes still continuing to wriggle about more? I hope (s)he is!!

I always have dreams about having the baby and it's a doll, and I go out and forgot it (Blush) or I'm pregnant and don't feel any movements. Weird how our minds work!

Pez sorry to hear you're feeling so rubbish Sad hope you start to feel better soon... I agree with pickle, maybe ring your clinic in the morn and get their advice?

Pickle not long to go now!!

Karen and hoping, congratulations on your scans! That's great news all round, so pleased for you both Flowers

witchmountain · 06/04/2017 23:21

Caution the babies in my dreams are sometimes not quite real or I forget about them, or in the last dream it fell out of the sling when I lent over to pick something up Confused Kwick when I dream about sex it's often my ex who I didn't even want to have sex with, which means I wake up annoyed!!

Cazinge the egg collection isn't that bad. Plan on resting afterwards and have some pain killers and a hot water bottle handy.

Dream I phoned LWC because I find sorting appointments out over email a pain.

Re South Africa, not heard that mentioned on here but their currency has just dropped even lower so could be a good deal! Bear in mind you'd need to be out there for a while if that clinic was doing the scans to check follicle growth too, booking a last minute flight would be expensive, your frozen embryos would be over there so you'd have to go back there for a second which might be harder with a kid in tow. You'd also need to look into how the rules about donor anonymity etc apply.

I think the thing about your age is silly, it's not like you can't meet someone later or eve go on to have kids with someone else. What happened to Mr Right? Read the Atlantic link if you haven't already, it. Igbo help with the age worries.

You are young enough to do egg share but it will also depend on the results of the tests they do.

witchmountain · 06/04/2017 23:22

Cake for everyone enduring the interminable wait!

INeedNewShoes · 06/04/2017 23:44

Caution - LittleShoes has moved enough that I'm happy for today. I think baby has a quiet day if I have a busy day where I'm moving around which I have today, to the physio, clearing my home office to have a carpet laid (as this is becoming LittleShoes' room), then taking the old carpet to the tip and re-setting up my desk. I am absolutely floored with tiredness now so clearly that level of activity is not compatible with this stage of pregnancy!

I see South Africa has been mentioned. A good friend of mine travels there quite a bit and I know the flights cost him an absolute fortune, and that's with him able to book in advance. You'd be adding £hundreds to the cost of each cycle (travel costs would probably outweigh any financial benefit in going abroad for treatment).

Munrowalker · 07/04/2017 02:06

It's 2am and I just cannot sleep. I've been off work for 5 weeks. Signed off with stress (stupid fertility rollercoaster)
Anyway, I go back on Monday and I thought I was looking forward to getting back some normality etc but tonight I'm just in bed lying awake and stressing over all the things that will be hard about going back.

Munrowalker · 07/04/2017 02:06

Yay for moving baby @shoes 😊

pickle162 · 07/04/2017 03:44

Oh Munro that sucks, it's normal to have anxiety about going back to work after a chunk of sick leave. But you have options

  1. you go to the Drs and get signed off for a bit longer
  2. you give it a try and if it's awful, you go back to dr
  3. you go back and find that it's absolutely fine and the distraction you need. I hope you've managed to go back to sleep x

I woke up about half hour ago as I dreamt I started tAking my injection before I had my baseline scan which meant I ruined the cycle and had to wait another month then I did the same again but not quite as early and then couldn't remember how to do them correctly... think this may end up being a bit of a recurring theme in weeks to come 😱 stupid thing is I'm not bothered about needles whatsoever but I think it's the implications of these ones

Hope everyone else is sleeping well

Shoes glad littleshoes has been more active,suppose there is getting less room in there as well now