IVF September/October 2017

[Filipinam]

Hi Ladies! Finally I will have my first IVF treatment as soon as my next cycle starts which I expect it to be more or less end of September/beginning of October. My periods are very irregular so I never know exactly. My consultant suggested antagonist protocol which I will receive in post soon. I am extremely excited but then realistic about the fact that it might not be successful first time.

How are you feeling ladies? When are you due to start your Ivf Journey? Fingers crossed for all of us fighters;-)

dinksandbinks Buserelin I think it’s called. Scan is tomorrow so is the explanation of what to do. But I really can’t let him do this. Once I watched him and my dad giving injection to a cat. Well cats face and his Meaw’s still haunt me, he did it so slow as well 😅 so no no no and no. 😘

LOL. Yeah... maybe best to DIY! Good that the clinic are going to show you how to do it too!! Very exciting for you :)

Trigger Injection done!;-) goodnight ladies!

dinksandbinks Very exciting 😱 have a lot of personal drama going on, just all happening at once 🙈 and it’s friday the 13th 😁 first appearance of my future little 😈😈

Filipinam Yay! Feeling any different?!

Dinks hi 👋It seems like you've been quiet for ages!! Ahhh you make me blush, I'm neither wise nor inspiring I'm afraid, just someone as many people have who have had to deal with quite a lot of shit maybe a bit too young.
I often joke when explaining my medical history that I must have killed guinea pigs or something in a former life as it gets ppl laughing! for my SIL I knew it was the only way I could deal with it (& try & keep a slight cap on over the top pregnancy talk from all the family) around me by for once NOT saying "fantastic great congrats" straight away in a slightly fake way & run away crying but by instead texting her saying I'm really pleased & of course over the moon for them but to be honest I'm a bit shocked & emotional & yes actually jealous & didn't want to be fake or piss on their parade until I had processed my own personal green eyed monsters, instead I would join them in celebrating next week when I would no doubt be ready to be the best auntie the baby could want. But it's easier for me & my DH because we have a medical reason why we haven't even tried for kids & have both spoken of wanting children but I know a lot of ppl have to deal with infertility & baby bombs much more behind closed doors so that must be harder.

My friend has been feeling ill today & getting a rash from the patches & I feel bad I am making her feel rubbish.

When do you test Dinks? It's funny my DH also rolls his eyes and says MN again?!!

Hi Minster!! Yeah work was being crappy. Slightly better today, I get a lunch break... hurray I guess!!

I never deal with baby bombs well... I have a giant extended family and lots of cousins who seem to get pregnant by breathing. And then come out with crap like “you’ve been really brave to prioritise your career over having a family”, fully aware that I am the eldest of us all.

Then there are friends that spend all their time saying how much they dislike kids then OOPS and all of a sudden they are Mother Nature personified.

Arrrrghhh. I am not grown up enough to remove myself. I usually respond with “FFS”. Then invent a phone call and cry in the toilet. Glam. I try to be a grown up and deal with it in a rational manner, remove myself, process then come back... but no, I seem to default to the strop-and-flounce technique every time lol. I figure I’m too old to change ;)

Sorry your friend isn’t feeling great :( How much longer does she have to wear the patches? Were side effects expected? Not that it makes it better, but maybe if they’re common there may be some remedies?

I’m testing a week today. Really trying not to symptom spot!! After saying I felt no different yesterday, I woke up this morning with a churning stomach which isn’t usually a period sign for me. Ho hum. Only time will tell!!

Hope you all have a great day (or at least, that today is better than yesterday!)

Xx

Where is everyone today? 🙃

Hey! Last day at work before EG and ET! well I do not feel any different after my trigger injection to be honest maybe slightly bloated;-)

I do hope my EG will not be too painful after the procedure...

Filipinam I am doing mine tonight! After midnight 👍🏻 Time slots are amazing 😂 I am already terrified about Friday and it still day away.

Dinks my friend is on the patches until ET on 26th so a while yet & I think she's now not telling me she doesn't feel good . Feel pretty useless at the minute. Doesn't help I had a rubbish day doing really boring housework, like the once in few month stuff, really lacking motivation!!

But anyhow, churning stomach, hunger??!!!

Filip I was bloated throughout the whole injection, and EC and that (other than really emotional) was my only real symptom so that's great! Roll on EC!!

Hi everyone!!

It’s so quiet on here... Filip How are you doing?? Is your EC today?? Hope all goes ok!!!

Minster Hope your day today is better? I can imagine it must feel really strange, esp if she is keeping it quiet that’s she’s not well... But from her POV I’m sure she feels better not worrying you about it!

Aliona How did your trigger shot go? When have you got your EC? Exciting!!

How’s everyone else??

So glad it’s Thursday, as tonight is pilates night then I work from home on Fridays yaaay!! I am in my stretchiest work trousers and floatiest top but nothing is disguising the fact I am soooooo bloated again. My stomach ulcer has kicked off too. I think I might be a bit constipated from the progesterone . Also diet has not been great........ maybe my fault!!

Today I found a post-it my GP gave me years ago when we were first starting TTC and I was worried about the effect of the medication I take. I totally forgot about it but I’ve just looked and it’s such a good site!! You can use the search function to look up medicines and it tells you everything you need to know. It has reminded me that one of mine can cause birth defects so I am going to have to try and pull back on it if the embryo sticks. Anyway pasting below if anyone would find it helpful!!

www.medicinesinpregnancy.org

dinksandbinks hey. U right, everyone disappeared. My EC tomorrow, excitement turning into panic. What if it’s not enough eggs, what if they r bad, what if I f.rt in doctors face 😂 just can’t stop this thoughts. Plus they gave me different trigger, bcoz of high risk of hyper stimulation..in fact they suggested to cancel it and start again (which is not going to happen). So being a stress ball here 😕
How long for you till u know it?!

Oooh tomorrow!! That’s exciting!! I was so stressed about mine, but honestly it was fine. If they didn’t think they’d get eggs they’d keep you going, and the fact you’re at risk of hyper stimulation (even though it’s bad!) means you probably have a lot of follicles! And don’t worry, once you get the sedation everything is amazing haha!

I test next week... really trying hard not to interpret every twitch as a symptom!

Xx

Hello ladies,
How is everyone. Sorry I've been quiet, I've really been trying to focus on stuff that's not IVF and 2ww related.
Saturday is taking too long.
I have never been so bloated in all my life. It's mental. Apparently that's a side effect of the progesterone. I've been on the prune juice to help with the constipation and thankfully it's been helping.

Dinks we're nearly there. Eeeeeek!

Aliona exciting stuff. Trigger will be here before you know it. All the best with it.

Minster i hope your pal is feeling better. This is a tough process on the body.

X

Scotslass01 hey. Trigger done last night, so the Day is tomorrow 😰 but it’s long wait for me as they doing frozen transfer later on.
Also you and dinksandbinks I need a date 😆 bcoz answer “next week” is not good enough

I have just returned from the hospital and they have managed to collect 13 eggs lol ;-) I believe that's really good! They will now call me tomorrow morning to let me know how many of them have fertilised so fingers crossed;-)

I have not had any pain yet to be honest but have my paracetamol ready;-) Is it normal not to feel any pain?

Good luck to all of you!!xx

Filipinam Yay! Well done. It can’t be bad not to feel any pain 👍🏻 Maybe u still under meds. Hope it stay this way anyway

Hey Scots!! After telling you my foolproof remedy for the constipation, mine has come back after I slacked off with the pills!! Back on them. I’m also unbelievably bloated, it feels like my entire abdomen is one big bruise, it’s so sore. I’m sure I’ve pulled some muscles too, I can’t stand up straight. Oh well, if it works, then I’ll take the bloating any day!!!

So are you testing on Sat? I’m not testing until Weds!! My clinic makes us wait until two weeks from ET, rather than two weeks from EC.... I’m going to work from home on the Weds just in case. OH is going to be away and I have to test first thing :( On my own :(

Aliona Haha I’m testing on Weds!! Feels sooooo far away!! If they’re doing frozen transfer it can actually be much better for your body, esp if you’re hyper stimulated. Did they say how long they’d keep the embryos on ice?

Xx

Filip Yaaaaay that’s awesome!! Glad you aren’t in pain!! TBH I never had any real pain from the ovaries, slight twinges and cramps in line with a period, the worst pain was from the bloating but if you’ve avoided that then you might get off the hook!!

dinksandbinks don’t really know. They not very chatty and I always have 100 questions that I forget to ask. Initially think they said 3-4 month from start to finish but who knows. And it’s xmas coming, maybe they won’t do it before. I have customer at work, she had her baby after embryo was frozen for over 2 years 🙃

Hi ladies!! So much going on!

Scots you're so close, stay strong it's nearly here, hopefully you feel better soon with the constipation & bloating (or maybe not if bloating is a symptom of pregnancy!)

dinks you too, that's really tough testing on your own, can you FaceTime him? We'll send much love, and I hope the muscle heals, take it easy...

filip 13 is great, fingers crossed they all do well & you continue to stay pain free (don't knock it, enjoy it! ) and have everything crossed you get lots of high quality fertilised embryos

aliona trust me I feel your pain, we are 2 weeks away from the end of our 6 month wait to transfer our frozen embryo, its actually gone really quickly though, & if they can do it in 3 & Christmas is in the middle it will go quicker than I think now. Ours had to be frozen for 6 months to ensure our embryo poses no HIV/aids risk to my friend, our surrogate. Myself & DH were tested previously then embryos stored & we have to be tested 180 days later (or whenever after that point) they aren't allowed to be transferred before. If we still test negative then they know the embryos are HIV free so we've been waiting!! So it's now 2 weeks today we do our FET!! Unless the first embryo doesn't make it then it'll be 2 weeks tomorrow...my friend said today over WhatsApp just think 4 weeks today hopefully we'll know if it's worked which is crazy after first discussing surrogacy with her over 2.5 years ago!

goodluck how did you get on?

Love to everyone else

Minster2012 Oh wow, here I am moaning about few month wait 😰 I need to read into your story, sounds well complicated, but hey, thanks God for science!!
And I bet this 2-4 weeks will be slow as... always the case. As for your friend, very brave and generous thing to do, not many people like this out there. Lol all you girls getting transfer or expecting the test results and I am getting excited as if it’s got something to do with me😆 just hoping it will all work out great for all 😘

Wishing all you ladies well on your various waits. It's the hardest part all this waiting. You're all in my thoughts xxx

Hi ladies sorry I’ve been off the map. I’ve been one of the rare cases thought got bad OHSS after egg collection. I knew something was not right as soon as I came around I was still on meds from surgery and I knew I was in pain and had a paracetamol drip and a pain killer before I was scooted our the door.. that was Monday. Tuesday I was in absolute agony and almost called the ambulance but decided to call the on call ivf doc at 5pm but she didn’t call
Me back till 10:30 pm and I managed to dose off by then but went straight into hospital as soon as I woke up and have not left now. Fluid all in my abdomen and leaking into my lungs. 2nd night in tonight and probably a 3rd. My transfer was called off and they had to freeze at day 3 because there was only 2 embryos and didn’t want to risk loosin them if we waited to freeze at day 5. Can’t believe this is the outcome so far. This journey is so cruel