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 😊

I think they're the equivalent gamblers. I think the buserelin is meant to minimise hormone production and the norethisterone controls and then induces a period. Hopefully...
That's an amazing weight loss! I used to be very slowly.(size6-8) then I met DH and now my bmi is about 30, sometimes 31. I find it very hard to shift wieght but earlier this year lost half a stone and kept it off which I was pleased about. I hate how I look, but I can run 5k easily and 10k when I have the time/motivation so I know I am fit and healthy. Just podgy. I wish I could be a sensible size 10 and maintain it. But I also want to be a big pregnant beach ball too! I'm going g to hate losing pregnancy weight, if I ever get to gain any!!!

Oh god I am on a right whinge tonight! Time for me to shut up and get some shut eye ready to be positive and nice to others tomorrow!

Let's get nice and round and fat and make a nice comfy house for our eggs!

Hey all

Nice reading everyone's progress and how each persons journey is going. I'm on day 5 of the buserelin today OH is giving me the injections which is working well but my mood has gone off the scale. I'm so snappy and have flew off the handle a few times not sure if it's the drugs or the stress of it all.

Is anyone else having any side effects?? Off on holiday in just over a week and don't want to be the grumpy one ☹️

Yessssss gamblers like land whales!

@missmel I am also little miss grumpy pants! I'm getting surer that it's the meds. I thought it might just be work, but actually I snapped at my friend's kid over the weekend (he was being naughty, but normally I leave discipline or not 100% up to parents!) And then I literally couldn't be bothered to talk to my friends who were visiting that evening...
Normally I'm a social bunny, so I think the meds are messing with me! It is subtle though, so it's hard to pick it apart. I'm just hoping that I can hold it together for one more week and be pleasant to the children at work as they don't deserve to be snapped at!
I feel like I am perfectly normal in a nice situation though - if I'm well rested and enjoying myself it's still fun!

I wish DH would do my injections, but actually I am using it as part of my jobs around the house. 'Its your turn do collection because I had to have a horrid injection'

hello mismel welcome along :)

Back from our appointment and every is ok! I have the egg reserves of a 21 year old, off the scale eggcellent . No indications as to why fit and healthy Mr Thirty is under the million mark but he is going to do a couple of frozen samples in the run up to make sure there are some good swimmers to work with and it will be ICSI we do. Who needs 20 million anyway eh.

We're switching to short protocol and a few concerns about over stimulation given my over eager teenager ovaries. Starting the pen injections in about 10 days all being well.

I managed to get my bloods back from the hospital (mad dash and begging 15 mins before my appointment) and 3 tests over 6 months all show low platelets and wbc so referred to haemo but Im not too concerned.

floo even the pill has turned me into a grumpasaurus. I had full on breakdown tears in a motorway services over a crap coffee this weekend good grief. gamblers I'm using this as an excuse to eat all of the pasta I can!! Ooh is that cake? go on then

So glad you're feeling better today thirty 😊 I would be fine with icsi as well! I think most of us would do anything at this point to get ourselves a baby! Great news about your teenager ovaries haha, I'm guessing you're 31, so you are still considered young in the IVF race!
I didn't have any side effects last time around, hoping it'll be the same this time!

Here's to all being big fat beach whales and loving life 🍫 (that's me cheersing with chocolate instead of alcohol lol)

Glad all is well thirty my doc said that the number one risk of my treatment is pregnancy, the second risk is ohss - in the letter it says 'very good ovarian reserve' but they're happy to manage that with extra scans and low doses so I'm guessing we're in a very similar situation! I'm just glad that in the bit that matters my body is currently playing ball!
I have to say I initially thought I wouldn't go as far as ivf, but then when I had no other options than icsi there wasn't even a question over wether I wanted to go ahead! (I should probably say we here, but the baby obsession is mainly mine...)
I told my mum today. She gave me zero response apart from clarifying what ivf stood for. Which is better than when she asked me why when I told her I was getting married so I'll take that as a win
I've actually told a whole bunch of people now, and starting to wish I hadn't so I have some privacy if this all goes wrong...

Glad all is well thirty my doc said that the number one risk of my treatment is pregnancy, the second risk is ohss - in the letter it says 'very good ovarian reserve' but they're happy to manage that with extra scans and low doses so I'm guessing we're in a very similar situation! I'm just glad that in the bit that matters my body is currently playing ball!
I have to say I initially thought I wouldn't go as far as ivf, but then when I had no other options than icsi there wasn't even a question over wether I wanted to go ahead! (I should probably say we here, but the baby obsession is mainly mine...)
I told my mum today. She gave me zero response apart from clarifying what ivf stood for. Which is better than when she asked me why when I told her I was getting married so I'll take that as a win
I've actually told a whole bunch of people now, and starting to wish I hadn't so I have some privacy if this all goes wrong...

Hi all

Hope you don't mind me joining, I'm a bit late to the party...

I'm 28, ttc for about 4 years, unexplained infertility. Tried clomid for 6months to see if that gave us the boost we needed but now we're onto IVF. I had my scratch today (which was hideous but it's done, hallelujah!) and af is due next week so we will start the injections then.

You guys seem lovely, and much more knowledgeable than me. It's a bit daunting and, although my DH is fab, I don't have that many people to talk to irl who have any idea what I'm waffling on about

Thirty, check you out with more eggs than a chicken farm in spring!

Floo I've told a fair few too- I reckon I need folk to cut some slack and if it does go wrong it will be easier to bring it up than to start from the beginning as I reckon I'll need support.
I'm assuming you don't have a very close relationship with your mum? I'd love more than anything to tell my mum, DP mum had been great despite her not being a very cuddly affectionate type person.

Welcome miss and crying, I think it's a nice bunch in here. I don't think we are super crazy obsessed...yet! Maybe when the drugs finally kick in!

I had 29 eggs collected last time & managed to get 6 to day 5! I was so pleased, but annoyed at the same time that it just goes to show it's all working as it should.. if only my tubes weren't bloody blocked!
Welcome crying! The scratch is abit unpleasant isn't it 😖 I'm not looking forward to mine again on Monday! But at least I know it will be over in 2 mins.
I haven't told anyone we're doing it this time. I told a few last time and hated having to tell them all the bad news. My mum knows we need ivf, but didn't tell her last time or this time. She's so nosy though, she asks me every time I see her!

Mum's are a tricky one aren't they! I don't have a bad relationship with her, and see her about once a fortnight. We're just very very different people in so many ways, and I grew up very secretive and only let up a bit when I met DH at 16.
I'm now very open as I find it a lot easier to build friendships and be a rational human, but old habits die hard with parents!

Wow 29 eggs! That's so many! How did you feel when your ovaries were so full?

I was just about to ask the same question re how did the ovaries feel. Nice to have a few that have been through the journey to tell us newbies.
I was so close to my mum, was the cliche best friend story however she's since passed. My folks were together near 20 years before they had kids so I had family telling me it was hereditary, little did they know that my folks were using contraception as they wanted to enjoy being young without kids!

Ahhh so sorry to hear that gamblers, me & my mum are very close & see her 2-3 times a week, I am just a very closed book, always have been!
My ovaries were very achy & I was felt bloated 24/7, and it hurt to wee.

Right that's sorted then, it's a floaty dress at the wedding on Saturday then. Bloated in a tight fitted dress is never going to be a good look!
Wish I could be a closed book at times, I'm terrible for over sharing!

Thanks gamblers and biscuit.

Yes I didn't enjoy the scratch at all and fainted twice during it, it's all fun and games, at least they managed to do it. Apparently my cervix doesn't like being forced open manually.

Wow biscuit 29 eggs!? What is the average? Bet they did feel bloated, mine felt like that after I had two eggs with clomid, can't imagine 29.

I've definitely told too many people too, but I guess I'll worry about that when the time comes.

I'm glad there's a few of us in the oversharing boat! I'm going to hate it when everyone is staring to see if I'm fatter after the summer hols!!! Still at least they'll understand when I spontaneously cry!
The scratch sounds awful! I find a smear pretty excruciating so I'm sure this whole process is going to leave me walking line a pirate! My clinic have decided I probably don't need a scratch as there's no reason to suspect I'd benefit from one... I'm mostly trusting them but I just want the very best chances!

@floo yes I'm a teacher too but luckily my students finished last week so won't get on the wrong side of my moods (I teach college age 16+ so easy to lose patience with them!). I've felt really uncomfortable today bloated and sweaty don't know if it's just the weather but I'm blaming the drugs for everything lol.

My relationship with my parents is difficult and we live about an hour away so only see each other every couple of months. I can't remember the last time my mum called me. The last time I saw them I mentioned that we were looking into starting treatment and she hasn't even been in contact since to ask anything or how it's going so just getting on with it without them.

I do however want to,tell everyone about what we're doing but know I'll regret it if things don't go well but I'll cross that bridge if we come to it I suppose.

There's always one random post isn't there!
Hi all, after a few days away I'm pleased to come back to good news and to see everyone progressing!

I'm also glad to see it's not just me that's suffering. I'm currently blessed with murderous rage, no memory and dizziness. thinking of giving my mindful IVF audio a miss today, the smug man on it reminding me that we need to relax to create a fertile mind is just going to be a red rag to a bull today!

Someone give me some positivity quick!

If only we'd realised that ivf wasn't the last resort and just used Katie's website!

That's settled ladies, after hearing all about the sweats and the likes I'm off to get my hair pixie cut! Screw sweating under a head of hair!

I really am using this ivf malarkey to my advantage, 'I must get a new haircut to help with the sweats!'

Haha, I think you may need a whole new wardrobe too if you're going to be feeling bloated

Bill I'm on it! 3 hours in the hairdressers now off to shop! My ovaries depend on this!

hi crying ! It sounds like we're on the same schedule.

not googling the scratch it sounds horrible and I haven't had it mentioned so no googling for me! I had another smear test this morning and I'm pretty sure they share some similarities, eek.

On that note I can't help but feel a little at the cost of all this. My clinic wanted £550 for the test, but couldn't do it in time so got one done in the city at one of those same day clinics for £190, next day results. Is this like when you say the word wedding where everything is 5 times as much? eye roll emoji.

How is everyone today? I caved gamblers biscuit and went shopping on the way home. Everything bottom half was a size up already I didn't need much convincing, clearly it was a completely necessary shop. I took my highlights a good 5 shades back 2 weeks ago so I won't have to dye my hair again for the next three months fingers crossed.

floo My parents do this awkward thing where ALL conversations are on speaker phone in there house so even the local Sky TV man and plumber probably know what Im up to (luckily they live abroad...)

biscuit 29 eggs sounds amazing (I say, no reference here!)
All this egg talk is reminding me that if I do get pregnant, Im going to have to give up mayonnaise, very distressing indeed

Has any one changed their diet up at all? Trying to reduce my caffeine (typing this whilst waiting for my coffee to cool down).

muddle Im using my rage and general rubbish feeling as an excuse to have my other half cook dinner more often. Put the knife down darling . There is some excellent extra positivity :)