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;-)

otters that's great news, really hope the little embie sticks and that you don't drive yourself crazy now in the next 2 weeks& hoping you hold out (don't let the others on the other thread distract you to the dark side of testing early!!) I know they have a load of BFPs over there where goodluck is posting more but try & hold out!!

aliona happy birthday!! Birthdays are pretty dull when you get older aren't they, hopefully the storm has passed where you are & you were able to enjoy a relaxing walk - what is it you are waiting on from the hospital now? If it were me waiting for news of any kind I think I'd be driving them crazy calling them, I'm a bit annoying as hell assertive like that!

dinks Friday will come soon, stay busy & yes you have OHSS because you are properly pregnant & our clinic says that after heartbeat scan then the chances of miscarriage practically halve (not after 12 weeks like ppl think) so you'll have reached a great stage!
I don't think our dogs will be that helpful! Our dog missed socks dropped off our friend's 3 month old baby on a walk recently, he was too busy striding ahead, but I'd prefer getting a G&T or the remote to be honest, much more helpful! If he could find the remote even better! He could prob pick it up, he can retrieve things but he's a beating dog really (& sofa dog due to a slight feather aversion!), new dog will be trained to retrieve things better as she will be DHs proper gundog yes, so we actually start training with balled up socks! moving swiftly onto G&Tmy poor washing will not be safe for months

My DH & I had our repeat blood tests today as it's now been 180 days since our embryos have been in storage so our HIV/AIDS tests have to be repeated & cleared to then be put in someone else to show our cells pose no risk to others, other than that I'm trying to keep busy & just hope the new tablets are doing their thing & boosting my friend's lining but tbh I'm a bit petrified it will be cancelled. can't tell her that though. We'll see on weds

Filip step away from the sticks! You've done well so far...look at that image I put up of things to do on the 2ww and do something each time you have a twitch maybe?!

Minster2012 Thank you 😘 yeah, have no energy even to go out for a meal. Storm? What storm?! 😅
I have been told that they gonna do scan after egg collection within 2 weeks but nothing happening. I have this injections for month before transfer and no information about it. Just don’t like it. If you say to me we do it 6 month later-that’s fine, as long as I have start date. But when you waiting without date-it’s annoying

Aliona I'm a bit of a birthday humbug on my own birthday. I kind of wish I wasn't but, meh, I am a September baby and most years my birthday was first week back at school! I like the idea of name days that they have in France... Do they have them in Russia? Less associated with getting old

Minster you definitely need to work on the gin gun dog, they should earn their keep ;)

I'm defining the rest of my week in chunks of contractor appointments. Tomorrow a plumber will fix our dishwasher (at least he better had... For marriage sake!!), Wednesday and Thursday we are getting a wood burning stove fitted, then it's Friday scan day. Maybe I should call the electrician... He brought us good luck last time 😂

Really hoping your friend's scan goes OK on Weds, will be thinking of you and sending positive thoughts!!!

Filip I found the last few days the hardest!! But I guess the longer you wait the more confident you can be about the result. So close now!!

Did anyone listen to radio 4 tonight around 545? There was a BBC journalist reading her IVF diary. I was in tears by the time I got to pick OH up. It was hard listening tbh so don't Google if you're feeling emotional!!

Oh aliona that really is rubbish, so you're just injecting and waiting for them to call for a scan date before EC is that right? Keep injecting though, you're still doing something so still on course even if it's only them that knows what's going on! We still had some of the remnants of storm Brian yesterday & today, still windy as hell!

Gin dog, now there's a dog I will gladly get!! They would be in demand though! Talking of which I made this years batch of sloe gin today & didn't have a drop (made it in the morning to stop tasting!) maybe I should call an electrician in just in case too???!!!

A lovely new log burner, perfect for winter nights snuggles & pregnant how lovely!

Don't start me on articles & such like, I just read an article in the Times from this weekend about a journalist & her DH who have had 7 rounds of unsuccessful IVF, just that, no happy ending, great, thanks, just what I needed I'll steer clear of that radio 4 thing thanks!

More last birthday to aliona & woofs from DDog

Minster - a had dis blood test on ma app nd they bruised ma hand awww a hate blood test am soooo scared of it... Nw a need start period fast so then a cn start build ma lining

Aliona - happy Bday sweetheart, a hope all ur wishes Cum true xxx how old r u now if u don't mind me asking
Nd in Poland we hv name day :) :)

dinksandbinks yeah I guess we do have something like this, but that’s a religious thing. Like a saint name day. So the idea of partying is kind of wrong 😂 not like I have energy to party 😘

Minster2012 That’s the thing babe, I have nothing happening. Full sack of needles and no start date. EC is done week ago 😂

Atic thank you 😊 I am 34, but feel 60+. Really don’t get it where is all the energy gone 🤔

Atic my hand after egg collection

That's 💩Aliona, did they freeze the embryos then? After EC? That sure looks like a sore hand. I'd certainly call them again! Sending hugs

Erm this is just me thinking out in the rain walking dog Harry:

Pro
You could get a result at 7dp5d I think but it's better to wait til 8
It might be negative & you can still test each day to check?
Would it stop you going crazy?

Con
It might be negative
Someone on the surrogacy forum tested positive then went negative on test day as it was chemical (would you want to see that?)
You've still got to wait to tell clinic
It could be a false positive due to the hormones from your EC
Personally I'd rather know it was the definite result instead of chem or false positive I'd rather know it was a baby!

Is your OH there? I would also like to test with him there

Plus what's going on in your life today/ tomorrow that you'd have to do no matter what the result is? Compared to testing day? Can you sack things off if you feel 💩? All things to maybe consider but do what feels right for you

harry78 Hey, I don’t see anything positive in testing early at home. Like minster says it can be false positive and imagine the disappointment you ll have to face after being all happy? Wait a little bit and do it properly xx

Or conversely concentrate when all you want to do is & celebrate!

Minster2012 Yeah babies in the freezer 😂 (this is seriously crazy what te can do)
Don’t see point in ringing them, they never helpful. Will just wait.
Also after EC they rang me and told me that if company that freezing embryos fail to submit some papers by November-they will have to change them. But it Shouldn’t affect me. I am not sure why “shouldn’t”. Is there a possibility? Contract atm says they freeze them for 5 years free of charge. I wonder if new people can change it to 1 year let’s say. Or once contract signed it’s hospitals problem and they must keep it for 5? I am not sure 🤔

I know I think it's crazy that they can just sit there for years then still be viable, it's brilliant! And be moved, even abroad!! I don't know about the contract & charge thing, I would argue that surely you have a legally binding contract so surely u should get 5 years free but on some other threads I have noticed ppl say that theirs has changed from 3 to a yr, atik isn't yours asking similar?

Mine is NHS & they store for 2 or 3 years for free I think UNLESS you have a child as a result, if u have a child then when that child is 6 months u start paying for the remainder of that time, I don't think it's much, something like £250 per year.

Stay strong Harry!! We'll keep you going! Go get your nails done or something! That's what I'm doing today to take my mind off things!

Minster - yhhhh a tort they keep free for 3 years BT Ave goy letter saying a need pay til December BT dat guna b just a one year... In ma next app ma clinic told me to bring dis letter nd they guna ring nd ask cz they tort same dat shud b 3 years...

Aliona - ohhhh dat well bruised ma blood test was abt one week ago nd it's luk same as ur bruise... Am 26 years old nd a feel like 60+ lolllll all ma friends party etc nd a prefer sit at home looking like a comfy tramp nd watching Netflix or playing xbox lolllll too many policy don't believe dat am 26 nd still problem to get pregnant BT basically a hv polycistronic ovaries nd they see ma tubes blocked nd ma partner low sperm count so we won't get naturally nd nw already two chances of invitro didn't worked

Ohhh sorry for wrong spelling BT ma phone hv his own mind nd it's changing words nd after a press "post" then a realise they wrong lol

Harry - if u want test u can do it der r girls which test from De first day to c if dis medicine "injection"? Stopped work a was test 6 day after transfer nd had positive BT sumtyms dis injection cn still work nd give u false positive or the hormones cn kik in on ur test day rmb dat home test it's not strong enough to pick up early pregnancy so even if it's negative it's still cn b really positive xxx

Ohhh nd a forgot. Ma friend is pregnant ( dats makes me jealous to c ma friends easily getting pregnant nd a cnt... Ano its wrong to not b happy for others...) BT she was smoke for long time nd she sed its rly hard for her to stop she cnt using dis all tablets or patches cz dat makes her sick... She sed her habit is to pull cig feel summa in her throat nd then blow she don't care at all dis nicotine tho... Strange lol nd she asked me if it's better if she get vapor for example mint flavor BT with hv zero nicotine... So ma question is... Is a vapor with zero nicotine okay for her?

Hi Ladies x
Just saw this thread and wanted to pop on and wish you all luck.
I had IVF treatment in April (first round) and it worked on the first go.
My biggest tip is to try and relax after the egg transfer and think positive thoughts. It’s such a roller coaster and it isn’t easy but if you can stay focused I truly believe it helps xx
Wishing you all the very best and lots of love as you go on your journeys xx if anyone needs any help or to offload feel free to message me xxx

Mrspatel - ohhh luv thanks fo positive post, after transfer they talk to keep doing what we normally doing cz if girls get pregnant nd they don't know dis yet they do everywhere normally BT they forgot daywdis girls getting pregnant naturally. Nd ano dat wen a kept doing Wat a normally do its didn't work so yh u ryt need to rest relax positive thinking etc xxx

Attic I don’t know why I am tired like that. Yes I working and getting up really early, but it’s really radiculous to be going to bed at 9. If you find a cure for tiredness let me know 😂
My partner stopped smoking and vaping now, it might be better than smoking but the thought of inhaling chemicals with or without nicotine is killing me. If she can’t help it, maybe vaping is better but I d still be concerned x
Mrspatel thank you for good wishes. Congratulations on successful first try