Cycle buddies Oct/Nov 16

[Hope2409]

Hello,

Is anyone else about to start a cycle?
I start down regulating on Sunday, estimated embryo transfer week beginning 21st Nov, this will be my first round of IVF/ICSI after 3.5 years trying to concieve.

Mixture of emotions, excited to be starting after waiting so long to get here, nervous about side effects of drugs and injecting and terrified it wont work! The joys of infertility!

Xxx

[LoPl]

Fluffy - exactly what Hobbes said. Thinking of you. x

[Hope2409]

fluffy i'm so sorry to hear that, its really rubbish, i was really rooting for you to be the one to end with a bfp.
Really hope that pfh is over quickly, look after yourself and try and have a lovely christmas xxx

[kezmarie]

Hello ladies.
Just checking in quickly.
Hope, Hobbes, Lopi & Fluffy I'm so sorry to read all of your news.
Hopefully you will all try and have a lovely Christmas and decide what's next in the new year.

Merry Christmas to everyone and thank you for being there and being my cycle buddy!

[Custardandcream]

Fluffy so sorry, be kind to yourself over the next few days x

I hope everyone can enjoy Christmas, and I really wish any of you wanting to have another cycle in the new year the best of luck.

Thank you all for being there over the last few months, this cycle was definitely a lot easier to cope with than my first when I had no one to talk to who understood the process.

[Hope2409]

kez and custard all the best going forward, i hope you have a lovely christmas and wonderful new year.

hobbes, lopi and fluffy look after yourselves and try to enjoy christmas, hopefully next year will be our year and we might be cycle buddies again in the new year!

Thank you everyone for your support, words of wisdom and for helping me feel less alone at such a hard time, you have all been the best cycle buddies!

Merry christmas everyone and all the best for 2017

[Hobbes39]

Hi all* - as others have said, you have all made this process much easier to cope with, and while it sadly didn't work out for me, I'm so pleased for those of you who did get BFPs - and I hope that all continues well with your pregnancies Blue, Sara, Kez & Custard*.
And to those of you like me - Hope, LoPI & Fluffy - I hope you are all ok and as Hope said - maybe see you as cycle buddies again and this time I hope we all make it to BFPs.
Merry Christmas everyone & thanks for being such a lovely bunch xxx
(And if I've missed anyone off, I'm really sorry, hard to check back on my phone!) xx

[Blueroses99]

Good luck everyone, whatever you've got in store next, I'll keep a look out for you all on other threads.

Have a gentle Christmas

[Hobbes39]

Sorry about the random bold there! X

[fluffygreenmonsterhoody]

Thanks for listening and all the support everyone.

Hobbes hope it goes ok today. I'll be in for the same thing tomorrow...

[LoPl]

Hoping we all have chilled Christmases, and have great things in 2017!

I'm now booked in for follow up consolation on January 17th, and hope to start a second round end of Feb.

[Hobbes39]

LoPI - we have follow up consultation on the day before you - but won't be starting again (if we do) until April... which I'm dreading as I'll be 40 by then... :,(
Fluffy, hope you are ok, and your blood test tomorrow is ok xx

[Hope2409]

lopi we will be due to start our second round end of feb 17 so i will look out for you! Xx

[Hobbes39]

Quick question - I am now about CD12 if the pfh starting was cd1... apologies for tmi here, but I've been dry as a bone down there til today - now have quite a bit of EWCM, but streaked with blood... pfh ended about 5 days ago... is it normal to have some bleeding at random times after ivf failure, or should I be contacting the clinic? I've never had spotting around ovulation, only just 3-4 days before my period... thanks x

[Blueroses99]

Hobbes an IVF cycle totally shakes up your natural cycle so early/late AF is not unusual. I had 46 days between cycles, normally regular 30 dayer! The IVF process basically resets your system (which I think is why some people conceive after IVF when they didn't get a sniff of a BFP before). It isn't anything to worry about as it will take several weeks if not months for the drugs to leave your system. But it is a good idea to let the clinic know in case it's something that they want to follow up.

Fluffy hope it goes ok at the blood test tomorrow.

[fluffygreenmonsterhoody]

Just popping in to say happy new year, and wish everyone the best for 2017.

hobbes I may join you in an April Ivf thread...

[Blueroses99]

Happy New Year!

Good luck with the next cycle fluffy.

[Hobbes39]

Hi all
Happy new year!

Just to say to those of you who are thinking of starting all over again, we are signed up to do it again in March... (there was a lucky duck who didn't need their appointment anymore, so we got a cancellation slot, otherwise we'd be waiting til June at our clinic... clearly my area is full of people will fertility issues...) so anyone else doing it all again then - I shall see you on a march/April board! Xx

[Hope2409]

Hi hobbes thats great news that you got a cancellation and are signed up for March!

I will be there with you on the March/April board as will be due to start down regging at the very end of Feb if everything goes to plan xxx

[Hobbes39]

Hi Hope! I'm the same - it will all kick off again when my February period comes (end of Feb), so should be similar timescales. Is there a march/April board already? X

[LoPl]

Hi, I think I'll be there as well! We had our follow-up consultation Saturday and doc said we could start either Feb or March - up to us. We'll be going short protocol again, so I'm tempted to give myself some breathing space and start in (early) March. We'll be using a frozen sample this time... turns out OH low numbers were due to a tumour.... a frigging tumour.... Here's hoping brighter things to come in 2017!

[Hope2409]

Hi hobbes and Lopi

No i dont think there is a march/april board yet, i havent seen one! I'm waiting on my february period too, i am guess i will be long protocol again but still havent had my report through on our failed cycle so i dont know for sure. Going to chase them up this week!

Sorry to hear about your OH tumour lopi thats awful, is he ok? Good to hear you can get going again soon tho!

Will be good to have you both as cycle buddies again! 2017 best be our year!

Xx