IVF Cycle Buddies July/August

[BiscuitBill]

Hi all! I know there's a June/July thread but I've started this one as I'm so far behind everyone else and wanted to find others at the same stage as me!

We're due to start a FET after a failed fresh cycle in march resulted in a CP. We got 5 Frosties which I'm so pleased with and we're putting two frozen ones back this time.

AF came yesterday, so I'm booked in for scratch on 24th of this month and start DR on 22nd.

I joined a thread on my last cycle and it helped me so much as I am very private with all of this. So I'm hoping to find others to share with again 😊

crying i tested everyday from about 3dpt last time so i could see when the trigger injection was out of my system and then i knew if i got a positive after it was real and not just trace from the trigger. I knew i wouldnt be able to wait til the clinic date to test as im a poas addict! Only used the cheap strip tests though as theyve always been accurate for me.

gamblers that sounds farcial! Hope your thumb is ok 😂

Ive got a horrible stomach bug today, hoping desperately its a 24 hour thing as looking likely I'll start stims on Saturday, and dont want to be ill

Ok that's good to know Cho! Was your day3 test negative? As in was the trigger out of your system by then? How long does it last?

I cant remember the exact dates but yes it went negative, then positive a couple of days later. The time it takes to clear depends on the dose of trigger injection, and also everyones bodies process the drugs slightly differently. The there are 3 different doses of trigger i think, the bigger the dose, the longer it takes to clear, between 7 and 14 days i think. If you google it it explains better than i probably have! X

Ahh thanks Cho, I will have a look at that!

BD means bedding down I think? Same as dtd! Crying what did u do after ET? Did u go home and lie with ur legs in the air it keep busy? I read today that u should go out for lunch or a walk to keep calm!
Cho I hope u feel better soon 🙏🏻

Thanks leanne. Just been catching up on todays chat, glad to hear youre feeling a bit better today.

Yes sorry I thought it was 'baby-dance' or dtd.

I got home and had lunch and then just spent the afternoon in bed pretty much, watched Netflix and read books. Nothing very strenuous. Didn't put my legs in the air, hahaha, don't think it can't fall out

I had planned to go back to work between ec and et, I know you guys all have your massively long amazing teachers holidays (I'm only winding up) by do you think you'd be at work if you weren't off on hols?

Im gonna go back in between. Cant go in day after EC as cant drive for 24 hrs, but will go back the next day. Gonna take some time off immediately after ET for hopefully implantion!

Wow so much chat since I last looked! I'll try to reply properly - sorry if I miss anyone!

Yay for starting injections Gamblers! Not so good about the thumb situation - that's why I recap all of my needles 😂 (even though a nurse friend told me not to!)

Duck what amazing news about all your embies!!! 8 is great!

Thirty I have pros but not many symptoms - only have absent periods (although I am now noticing more hair and feeling like I'm super fat!!! But I think the fat is my fault, and the hairs are down to getting older)
Congrats on the job situation! It's annoying - but positive too!
I also feel the absolute pain of going slowly- I've been squeezing the injection really hard in an attempt to get every little drop in the hope it helps move things along (but I'm obviously not silly enough to actually up my dose, although now I'm using a 150 pen I'm throwing away nearly half each time what with only using my tiny 87.5 dose!)

missmel 300 sounds super high to me - but then I'm on stupidly low... so I guess they know what they're doing and tailor the dose to the person and what they know about their ovaries!!! I'm sure they will keep a good eye on how things are developing anyway - and it's great that you're moving on to the next stage now!

crying congrats - pupo is amazing! You must be so excited!
I hate all the conflict in advice, so I'm just sticking to a relatively normal diet and not adding or removing anything until a doc tells me to!!! Same goes with heat - I've been having moderately hot baths throughout so far (although I'll stop if I have embryos transferred and just shower!)

Cho I hope you're feeling better soon! Sickness bugs suck at the best of times, let alone when we're stressed and want to be tip top healthy!

DH has been very negative about puppy since mentioning it! Stupid man. He's saying we have to wait til completely after current pooch's due date to check she definitely definitely doesn't have any puppies before we start LOOKING... Erm I've already looked!!!

Gamblers I would wan to be in work as much as possible - especially to keep my mind away from the obsession! But it depends on how I was feeling. I definitely could be working now - but I'd be exhausted - and I wouldn't want to be completely sub-par as it just doesn't work that well for the kids!
(Sorry I know that doesn't help your situation!) I think it'd depend on what day et was for me. I'd be off ec and probably the day after, and then if it was a day 5et I'd probably go back, and then take 2 days again (et and day after) just so I didn't have to worry about anyone running in to me at waist height (I teach ks1).

I'm really worried that with this delay my 2ww will be at the start of September and I'll be in a flap and a mess and not be able to do my job properly and let my class down at such a crucial time of the year 😫 I'm lucky in that quite a few people at work know - but they can't really support me when I'm in full teacher mode.
I'm also bloody terrified that tomorrow's scan won't show enough growth and I'll go into a third week of stims 😭😭😭!

Who else is stimming at the moment? And how many do we have in the 2ww or ready to transfer!?

Thanks floo and cho. I work for he nhs and the sickness policy means if I have a 2 absences close together I'll get called up for a meeting. Probably is better just to stay off between ec and et until I'm fully ready to go back.

Floo I'm stimming. Next scan Wednesday. Feck just clocked the time. Having myself a long lie here and 5 mins late with the drugs... off I pop!!

Gamblers in that case I'd take it off completely - do you know if they want to do a day 5 transfer or earlier?
I'm beginning to hate these injections! I need a boost of cheer or positivity or something - do any of the other teachers feel like they've ruined the summer hols by depressing themselves with mean medicine!?!?

Floo I'm on 225 and also trying to get every little drop in. No idea if you should fully insert the needle so there's none showing outside the skin or just enough to go in. Today I chose a less fatty bit (like trying to find a needle in a hay stack) and felt like I was doing the Hokey Cokey with the needle / there was some leakage so now I'm thinking the fattier the better.

Floo no idea. I could take annual leave but if this all goes tits up I'll need my annual leave to go away and take a breather.

I'm the same with the injections, cross post! I'm so glad there easy but doubting myself now because they are easy. It's done so quick that I'm doubting myself now. Nice to see the bag of injections going down. Now on to 1 a day so don't feel like I'm on a tag!

Nasal spray starts tomorrow. Have to take one at 11pm. I'm never up at 11pm! Need to remember it's only a week out of my life.

Sorry you guys have wasted your holidays, just think about this time next year and hopefully that will give you some relief.

Tmi. Is anyone else horribly constipated?

Haha well I've been going thigh so it's not too fatty, (if I went tummy it would be all fat! And I decided early on I want as keen because I can't see my tummy as well as my thigh and I like to do it very slowly!). I inserted both needles as far as I can - no idea if that's right or not though!
I've started moving it if the first little stab hurts though, and that's meant a bit less bleeding than before (so if the first mm of needle is painful I pull it out and move it about 2mm away and stab again in the hope I'm then missing whatever I was hitting 😂)

Haha we cross posted again!
I feel your pain about 11pm! I'm not up then even in the holidays!!!
It's not so much I feel I've wasted the time - and it'll be worth it and more if it works(!) - just I'm finding it so hard to enjoy anything at all so even though I'm quite busy I spend every spare minute obsessing and panicking!
No constipation here - just the constant constant peeing!!!

I won't bore you with my peeing? In fact o think I did share. I'm doing very well on that front. The one positive. I feel I've sorted my overactive bladder!

It's the wine I miss. I think it makes a day. Ha ha I barely drink but just one wee wine on a sat is lovely. I also love exercise. I'd started doing circus skills and was loving it but have had to stop. Can't even do normal exercise properly as it's so uncomfortable.

Girls I have to agree I said to my hubby in a total huff last night that the holidays have been shit and so was last year! I enjoyed the first 3 weeks but didn't drink and the last 4 weeks I can barely move I'm so blinking tired!! However eye on the prize and hopefully this will pay off 🤞🏻🤞🏻

afternoon all. So I dragged OH to my scan today and he's now being the most loving human alive. The nurse made him watch the scan and totally milked how TERRIBLE I must be feeling ha (I feel ok all things considered!) tehe.

Scans everyday now but the snail has gone! I've reached 16m and looking at Monday for retrieval - maybe.

Thank you for the lovely job words :) I've managed to arrange interview for 8:30 am a week on monday, nurse says if its ET day its OK as I wont need to be in till 9:30. Cue me rushing across London in heels (longing for my usual trainers...)

Floof I'm on 100 of puregon and its been 9 days for me so far. Concentrate on puppy search and they'll grow before you know it!
I'm fed up of these injections too gamblers I sit there and give them the evil eye and a bit of a huff before giving in to the inevitable.
No insides upset here thank goodness. Just tired and dog is staring at me like I need to go out too you know? I know, buddy. zzz.

How are you feeling today chang?

There must be a lot of teachers in this situation in summer. Hopefully you all feel ok and get things out the way before you go back. I work from home so no one to keep an eye on me sneaking out to appointments (but its boring and very lonely hence my job search).

@thirty Hoorah for the snail going. Slow and steady may well win the race in the long run

Transfer day for me today. Went to plan, not too painful either. Now we're in to the 2WW and probably umming and errring over symptom spotting

Excellent clown, so now we have yourself and crying in the 2ww and Leanne next week for et?
We are all getting there. Oh how we've all bloomed ha ha

It's Friday! Another day closer to finishing stims, and another day closer to hopefully feeling normal again.

Great news Melbourne!! Nice to have it on a Friday. Imaginary glass of wine for you.

Yay for your snail going thirty mine is still very much here 😞. Biggest follicle is 13mm and the rest are all still diddy. Lining is still only 8mm too 😣
So I'm only 112.5 over the weekend (up from 87.5) and another scan on Monday. I'm so fricking bored of all this now - why can't my body play ball!?!? I'm almost certainly not going to be done by September which sucks!
I want to get a puppy NOW but DH is still going on about how we need to wait until after the 18th... 😭

Fingers crossed we get lots of bfps and symptoms from those of you in the 2ww! I need good news!

Floo what's the lining to be?

Floo mine went from 10-12 to 16 in two days so don't worry. Im not sure on the lining part. That's good they've upped the dosage a bit. Best to play safe :) In terms of symptoms I only have a bit of discomfortable laying in bed, I'm still not convinced they are doing much!!

What type of puppy are you looking at? We've a very old lady labrador here! Desperate for a friend for her but not until we've moved house Im told...