TTC for 18 months or more. Moving onto IUI/IVF/ICSI -part 2

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We have relocated from the conception board where we were previously chatting under the thread 'ttc for 10 months or more'. A lot of us are now long term ttc-ers and are going through infertility treatment or looking to take steps in this direction so we feel this might be a more suitable home for us!

Feel free to stop by and say hi and hopefully we can share the journey together and make it a little easier along the way!

Have you got any symptoms blue? when is your test date? Hope the wait isn't too agonising, nearly half way there aren't you?

Congratulations Tea Try to not let fear overshaddow this amazing time. Easier said than done but you have worked hard for this! Enjoy it !!

Congrats tea!!

Just read through the whole thread, so lovely to see your amazing news at the end of it Tea! Huge congratulations!

Thank you all for the warm welcome . I feel like I'm quite behind the majority of you on my journey as I've not had my infertility appointment yet but I'd like to stick around as I feel like I have learnt a lot from you all just in the past few hours! Wishing you all well xx

It's a busy week isn't it? Good luck with appointments and stabbing everyone. And the egg collection wasn't as bad as I thought either...so try not to stress.

tea my OTD is Friday. I'm massively stressing. Barely slept last night and had a little meltdown in front of one of my friends/colleagues today at work. I don't know what would be a symptom or the progesterone but my boobs/nipples are quite sore and a few times a day I have twinges and pulls in my uterus area. Today they a bit stronger...more like small af cramps. I sort of feel like af is going to start so not feeling too hopeful at this point.

Hello everyone, sorry i have been quiet, been preparing myself for round 2 and have been feeling quite emotional.

I've been trying to keep track of all your posts tho, lots of you are progressing on now and a huge congratulations to tea thats great news.

Fingers crossed for friday blue

Welcome to all the newbies and good luck!

I started down regging today, using the nasal spray, had forgotten how nasty it tastes! Will be down regging for 3.5 weeks so going to be a long haul i think!

Hope everyone else is doing ok
Xxx

Forgot to say welcome kct and shary.

Best of luck with EC today kct - hope you have a couple of days off to rest.

Shary I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you get some answers next week.

Thanks tea. I can understand the how anxious it must be - I think our grads are on a "pregnancy after infertility" thread - I'm sure lots of people there will be in the same boat as you! Let us know how you get on at the scan - fingers crossed it's a sticky bean!

Blue it's so unfair how progesterone mimics pregnancy symptoms - what a way to mess with our brains (and hearts!) hoping its the latter for you! Don't give up hope yet!

Does the nasal spray do they same as people who are put on the pill hope? Glad you're back on again - hope this time is the one for you.

Good luck for today kct!
Thank you maple

Congratulations Tea!! That is absolutely amazing! So pleased for you and wishing you all the best for a healthy, uneventful 9 months.

Hang in there blue - only a few days left til you test. I have my fingers crossed for you.

Welcome Shary - so sorry to hear of your loss, I cannot imagine how heartbreaking that must be I hope you get a bfp soon or hopefully some answers soon.

Feeling a bit weird today. My friend just told me she's weeks pregnant. She's the last of our lot now except for me and she's been trying nearly 2 years, so she's kind of been my infertility buddy. I'm so happy for her - she was about to start ivf - but it really does underline just how utterly barren I am. She was the only one I told I was doing ivf and if it had worked, we'd have been pregnancy buddies which I'd have loved Feeling bittersweet I guess.

Good luck Hope and Gee and everyone else starting their cycles. Everyone else, I still have my fingers crossed for a natural bfp for you all, even after all these months

Star your feelings are completely understandable. One of my friends told me on the weekend that she is pregnant. My DH asked how I felt about it because I looked upset (away from my her). I told him that I can be happy for her and sad for me at the same time. Definitely bitter-sweet. I hope you are as okay as you can be xxx

Totally understand how your feeling Star. Bittersweet is exactly it. And I also generally feel rather rage-filled at the unfairness of the world but that does pass to some extent.

Hey all.

Had our appointment today, found out that this time DH's SA was dreadful so we need icsi. Pretty annoying as feels like we have wasted time as if they had done more than one initially than this would have been picked up. Ah well. Just another kick in the teeth.

Got prescription and ready to go but still got to wait for Christmas funding to come through before we can start. Fingers crossed it's not too long.

Hey ladies had my EC this morning they managed to collect 12 is that a good enough amount do you think for first time?

Feel a bit gutted there wasn't any more :-(
Hope everyone is doing well :-)

Sorry star I know how you feel - it's so unfair but equally you are happy for her especially as she has been trying a similar amount of time. I would be feeling very sad too. You will be able to start again soon - I know each month drags when ttc but April is just round the corner.
We are all in the same boat here - you still have us barrens!

Just sorry to hear about the SA - good they have the plan in place for ICSI. Really hope you get funding soon! Any idea how much longer to wait?

Hope all went well today kct?

kct I think they say anything in the teens is good. I had 12 collected and ended up with 1 transfer and 2 good enough to freeze so I'm sure you will be fine. Hope you aren't feeling too sore.

I'm so sorry star it's mega rubbish. I had gotten to the point where I found it so difficult to be happy for others so I do feel your pain. April isn't long to go. Make March a month of doing fun things for you - spoil yourself and DH before you have to dive back in!

I'm glad you have your prescription and are ready to go just keeping my fingers crossed for you that the funding happens soon!

Hang in there blue symptoms sound promising. Holding everything for you!

kct my consultant today said anything above 10 was good. Will be keeping everything crossed for good rate of fertilisation.

star I'm finding it very hard to be happy for anyone else. I'm a bitter jealous mess. Usually only in private

Kct 12 is really great - bang on average at my clinic. I'll be very happy to get that many with my slightly low AMH!

kct 12 is a great number! I thinks it's better to go for quality over quantity. Fx for a good fertilisation rate. Are you feeling ok?

star I would have felt the same. I think one of the worst things about infertility is how you feel something has been stolen from you. It's soooo unfair. It's almost worse in a way that she was your infertility buddy. You'll get there and you could still have quite close kids in age.

I'm waffling on whether to test early. Talk me down girls!!

just so sorry about your results. My dh has a low count and I find it really hard to get my head around it sometimes. There's just nothing really to do to make it better except icsi. Why hasn't modern medicine found a way to improve sperm????

Yes maple i think my nasal spray does the same as the pill, it shuts down my system so everything is 'quiet' then i can start my stimming injections!

kct 12 is a great number, thats bang on what they hope for at my clinic too, i'm hoping i will get that many this time. Fingers crossed for good results when they call tomorrow x

star sorry to hear about your day it's rubbish, it is hard to be happy for others when going through this!
I'm with you just a bitter jealous mess!

Don't do it blue! Step away from the tests! Only a few more days to go, your nearly there!

Cross post with kct great news on 12 eggs, well done!! Fingers crossed for the first call!

I'm bitter too. Infertility has changed me so much - I know this sounds a bit dramatic but I don't feel "happy" anymore - there's always infertility niggling in my mind even when I'm having fun. DH was saying just the other day how I've become a different person - a lot more negative. I'm always constantly on alert when meeting up with friends that they will ask me about babies and I'll just smile and say "yeh, maybe". Sorry, I'm being woe is me - rant over!

You rant away maple thats what we are here for!
It does change you, it is always there on your mind no matter what your doing!

One of the parents at work today brought in her week old baby, my colleague was all over him giving cuddles then went to pass him to me, i must of looked horrified coz she said oh actually i think i best put him back in his pram!!!

Hey ladies thanks for all your kind wishes, will let use know what my verdict is today fingers crossed it's good.
How is everyone feeling hope your all well and good x

I broke and tested...bfn. It's 2 days early but that combined with my body feeling just as it does before at makes me think it hasn't happened. I'll test again Friday but not holding out hope any more.