Starting the journey thread 3

[squirrelnutkins1]

Don't want to lose touch so new thread ready x

Thinking of you this morning @squirrelnutkins1 💜 hope your appointment goes well 🤞 xxx

Thank you @FinallytakingtheplungewithIVF I've decided to go for a swim today. Not long until transfer :) I did do acupuncture last year, she was a traditional Chinese doctor and never really explained anything! I did quite like it, might try it again but with someone different.

Have a good day everyone, the sun is out ☀

@squirrelnutkins1 let us know how you get on! Will give it ago nothing to lose really!

@venusStarr that will be nice and relaxing! Hopefully not to long will find out more on Thursday!

Thanks ladies x
Short version as I'm back in the office. IUI isn't funded anymore so he recommends IVF but said it's ok if we want to try more Letrazole for 3 months. I've gone for more Letrazole as I don't think mentally I can cope with IVF at the mo. Feeling quite flat but hey ho.

@squirrelnutkins1 oh dear doesn’t sound like it went how you planned! If you’d of said ivf what would of been the timeframe for starting? X

Oh @squirrelnutkins1 ❤️ I'm sorry the appointment didn't turn out the way you expected. I didn't know that about not finding iui and it's a big decision to go straight for ivf. It's a shame your oh wasn't with you. Is there a reason you're on letrazole instead of clomid (are they similar?) hope you're OK ❤️ xxx

I went for my swim, feeling good, managed 40 lengths. There's some really competitive people!

@FinallytakingtheplungewithIVF
we didn't get that far. I think you (and the others) are amazing for going thru IVF but I just don't think I could do it, well not as I feel at present. Will have to have a think over the next few months. I'll be back in 4 months for follow up.
Sorry for being a debbie downer.

@VenusStarr ooh well done! I've not been swimming for ages. Need to get back into it. You'll ache tomorrow!

There's been a study at my hospital which has shown Letrazole to give better results than Clomide. I felt really tearful after but had to put my big girl pants on and go back to the office.
I've got some personal (100% personal, I'd never judge another persons decisions ever) moral issues around ivf that I'd need to have a long think about. It all feels a bit mentally heavy! @VenusStarr

@squirrelnutkins1 if you need to talk about those issue go ahead? To be honest when me and dh were talking about it I was dead against it maybe not for the reasons you have but it took me along time to do it! Xx

@FinallytakingtheplungewithIVF thanks hun. Maybe another day. I need to do more research and I don't want to offend anyone!

Here's hoping we all end the year on a high with getting pregnant which ever way it happens 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Day 6 of stimming and no side effects tbh. Abit of stomach ache - period type cramps and back ache and abit of egwcm - I don’t really ever get a lot so was surprised when I saw some!
Go Friday for my first scan to see how my follicles are growing!

@GreyC so pleased the side effects aren't too bad 👍🏻 eek let us know how you go on fri 😊

Thanks - I’m definitely tired all the time but that’s ok! I’m sleeping well at least and I’m normaly a night owl!
I really hope my follicles are growing well
I keep talking to them like they are already babies hahah

@squirrelnutkins1 soo sorry they wnt fund you thats ridiculous! Id be soo angry i second what @FinallytakingtheplungewithIVF said its a hard decision to make the more info we got at our appt did make think is IVF morally right the whole destroying embryos if you dnt end up using them had me questioning myself. But we came to the conclusion I want to try everything within my power to make this happen i cant risk living with regrets..@GreyC glad everythings going well keep us updated its always helpful to know what im letting myself in for! @VenusStarr ive not been swimming for soo long ur motivating me to exercise lol x

I love swimming ! Haven’t been for ages with all this ivf business.
My stomach cramps and heavy feeling in my ovaries/uterus area is really bad today! Plus loads of EGWCM!!
I hope this is good. I’m rubbing my stomach hoping they grow nice and strong for me!
Need to time with my OH so we dtd a few days before egg retrieval so his sample is better quality haha. Hopefully find out Friday

So anyone who has done acupuncture can it cause a headache for two days? As I’ve got one I can’t shift and can only take paracetamol which isn’t working!!! I could be getting a cold as dh has man flu but haven’t been around him and he wasn’t home last night so not sure it’s that! Am really down at the mo hate how the meds make me feel am really hoping I can start the next stage and I might feel more myself as am completely and utterly wiped out!!

Hope everyone else is ok!

@2fingers22018 is af due this week?

I have acupuncture and it helps get rid of my headaches. I’d say maybe the drugs? I have a constant headache on buserelin towards the end!

@GreyC sorry bout symptoms @FinallytakingtheplungewithIVF oh no hope your headache buggers off my af is due nxt fri finally! I get a scan cd2 or cd3 and start meds as far as i know i ll prob b wishing i was wasnt on them tho come nxt wk if i get headaches n stuff not looking forward to the side effects at all uuuughh

@GreyC hummm I only normally get a headache the first few days of any of the meds but I suppose it could be

@2fingers22018 me to am feeling proper sorry for myself today lol! Not long to wait now then! Hopefully you won’t get to many obviously the bloating and heavy feeling was the worst part for me! I’m very excited for you!

The heavy ness is such a weird feeling feels like I’m getting a period with the bloating but obviously I’m not.

My gonal c injection sites are very bruised and sore. Today was the first time I almost cried doing it as it was so painful as everywhere I’m basically injecting into a bruise! Hopefully not many days to go.

Afternoon,

So had my scan this am and lining is thin and ovaries are quiet so I can start the next step! Start progynova tomorrow and another scan next Thursday and if all good looks like transfer will be the 1st Oct by my calcs 😁

Hope everyone else is ok ? Xx

@GreyC fx ur injections come to an end soon x @FinallytakingtheplungewithIVF ooh exciting!

@finallytakingtheplungewithivf yay, how exciting! Bring on 1st October 😊

@greyC I'm sorry to hear that the injections are so painful for you 🙁 I read somewhere that if you stick an ice cube on the area first it can stop it being quite as painful? I've never tried it obviously but might be worth a try?

@squirrelnutkins1 I'm so sorry that your appointment didn't go well. I hate that the full range of options isn't available to everyone and to have to rethink your plans is crappy ❤ thanks for being sensitive with your views too, it must be hard to add moral dilemmas into the mix x

@2fingers22018 can you believe your finally this close!

After DHs bad results we e-mailed the embryologist we spoke to at the open evening, and he said (and I quote) "please don't panic", so that's what we're trying to do. We did however start to have a conversation around what if we couldn't use his sperm. No definitive decision but was good to hear how each other felt about diner eggs/sperm/adoption etc as we'd never had that chat.... just waiting on second results.

@GreyC let us know how your little follicles are tomorrow won't you! So cute you've been talking to them 💕 Sorry about the bruising, ouch!

@2fingers22018 It's really annoying and has really thrown me. Hard decision to make. At least I've got 3 more months to decide. Here's hoping I won't have to! I'm cd24 today and my cycles have been 29/30 days on the Letrazole 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@FinallytakingtheplungewithIVF how's your headache now?

@VenusStarr thinking of you xxx

@kelly199 Really hope you're ok xx

@veeboo How are you getting on?

@CloudSway I'm glad you guys have been able to have a good open chat about various options. We need to talk things thru too. OH has been so busy this week that we've not had chance to discuss things. Glad the embryo chap is feeling you shouldn't panic, hope that's helped a little - easier said that done tho!! Xx

@CloudSway glad you had an open char about it all! They can do wonderful things these embryologist so he right on try not to panic if you can xx

@squirrelnutkins1 headache is awful well last night it was and woke up this morning feeling absolutely drained (think I am doing to much new job, college at the weekend, gym, family, this) so in need of a rest!!
Maybe try and chat over the weekend with oh I don’t know about you but I like to know what’s what other wise I start to panic but dh isn’t well known for his openness to chat so we do end up arguing about things at times! Xx

Can I join this thread? Just completed 1st cycle and feeling pretty bleak. 11 eggs collected, 6 fertilised. The embryos then steadily died off until we had 1 left on transfer day which was 'poor quality'. Embryologist asked if we even wanted to bother transferring. Dr said this level of drop off was unusual for my age and probably down to egg quality as they had all been bad from day 3. We were told in our initial consultation that we'd have good chance because I'm under 35 and quality is the most important thing for success.

As it now seems I don't actually have the quality am feeling pretty sad and don't know what to do. Need to wait til Friday to test but obviously not holding out too much hope!