IVF warriors - the journey continues 2

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Hello ladies
@KLM25 the size of a toddler 🙈oops haha. How is little Lara doing? And how are you getting over the c section? Ah just the finishing touches for your bedroom then, that's nice. The fireplace sounds lovely! will be a nice feature! haha i also need it completely dark when sleeping. I put blackout blinds plus curtains in our bedroom lol and I'm still wearing a sleeping mask 😂
We finally got the last upstairs room carpeted three weeks ago after I finally finished painting it white. my home office room that is. I'm so enjoying it, it's so light and cosy now 😊i just wanna roll over the carpet all the time haha.
Yeah I know OH and I were so happy and excited about the 7.5mm lining. never in a million years did we think we'd have to abandon this cycle. it's just sooo weird. I have no idea how it could've gotten thinner again. I'm curious to see what the doc says! whether he's had cases like that before. maybe it was the added injections? who knows. i wonder if they might put me just on patched and tablets next time with the injections. because the lining was fine and the ovaries where quiet. that's all we need, so we didn't necessarily need the injections. i hope he doesn't want me to do a long medicated cycle again.
the lady that did the scan was very nice and switched on and really gave us some time, looked into my file and gave us some (you didn't hear this from me, but...) advice. i said we had 5 FET cycles cancelled now. she said since 4 of those were medicated ones, and we clearly don't have much luck with those, why don't we try another natural FET cycle. I thought that was a brilliant idea. We only had to abandon our one natural FET cycle due to the ovulation test kit being dodgy. My own body had produced a lining of 6.7mm on Day 11, which presumably would be a little thicker by the transfer day, so should be sufficient. She said HFEA guidelines say 6mm. The clinic's guidelines are 7mm. So we would be there ish anyway. She said why don't we try a natural one next, and if that one doesn't work, we can start with a medicated (long or short) straight away as plan b. so I'll ask the doc about that next time.

thanks @seekingbabyk it was quite a bombshell, but i took it quite well. i only nearly cried when we left the clinic and OH tried to console me. i was like stop it i don't want to cry lol. i am upset but I'm determined not to let get to me. it is what it is. 22 August will be here again in no time and so the journey continues.
Good to hear from you! i like your new clean eating lifestyle! it must be fun and i bet you feel great for it! it also a nice hobby to have - gardening and growing things. good for the soul 😊I love growing flowers and flowering plants and taking cuttings and seeing them grow and blossom. I take so much joy from it 🌸I've also planted some tomatoes and courgettes that my colleague gave me. the tomatoes are never that nice though lol it's just not warm enough. the courgettes are tasty though!
it also sounds nice that you're taking a break from it. that must take such a weight off you. enjoy your time 'off'. it's also nice that you're considering adopting. it gives you a plan b and it would give a baby that's up for adoption a new chance in life and some awesome parents that grow their own veg and have a lovely house ❤😊

Hi @Honeybunie, that all sounds so positive 😊 Fantastic that the lady who did the scan could give you some advice. I think sometimes a fresh voice can be so helpful.
That all seems to make a lot of sense and an added bonus if you don’t have to take so many meds. All of these setbacks are leading you to a successful result, I’m sure of it. You are so positive and strong, I’ve got a lot of admiration for you ❤️😊 We’re already in August so the 22nd will be here in no time.

All ok here. I’m getting some help from the infant feeding team at the hospital which has been a godsend. Things seem to have changed a lot for the good in that regard since we had our son, so that’s been really positive. She’s being weighed again on Mon so we’re really hoping she’ll have regained her birth weight. They decided she didn’t have jaundice this week, so that was a relief.
I’m feeling so much better and not in pain any more, so that’s helping with everything. I don’t feel quite as helpless as I did! I did start bleeding again last night but I think that’s normal for me as I seem to remember the same happening with Henry.
I’ve been emailing some of the people we met at the clinics to tell them the news which has been lovely. I built a real bond with my coordinator in Prague at our original clinic - we used to email each other during lockdown when our first treatment was postponed indefinitely, just talking about our daily lives during a pandemic ☺️, and things went on from there really until we had to move clinics. Anyway I got the most beautiful email from her which brought a tear to my eye.
I also heard from Luca, remember him?! He was so helpful with the receiving of the embryos in Barcelona. Anyway, he told me that his wife is pregnant with their first child so that was lovely news.
Other than that, we’re grabbing sleep where we can. I’m sleeping 8pm ish to midnight ish and then coming downstairs for the over night to be near the fridge and the TV. Currently binge watching MAFS Australia! About to finish my second season, not doing the seasons in order, just going in randomly! Season 9 is a pretty good one ☺️

ps your new office room sounds lovely - always good to feel like you’re making some progress with the decorating! Xx

Hi @KLM25 how are you? hope all is well with you and Lara? I'm sure she has put on some weight by now? You got into a good routine? is she sleeping well?
Yes I remember the people that helped you along the way. That is so nice that you're sharing your lovely news with them. I bet they are all over the moon for you.
OMG I don't normally watch programmes like MAFS Australia, but for some reason OH and I started watching an episode a while ago, of the latest season, and then we were hooked. binged on it for weeks, I think it was the worst telly addiction we've had to date lol. Trying to stay away from it for now haha.
Thank you for your kind words. I give it my best to stay strong and hopeful. I've had a lot of distraction over the summer so I haven't thought too much about it until we start again, which feels good. and yes it also feels really nice now that the house is kinda done. We've decorated every room now, so I feel relaxed and under no pressure to do anything over the weekends, so quite enjoying that :)
Re FET, we will start again with my next period. my last period was nearly a week late, I think my body didn't know what was going on due to the meds from the abandoned cycle. my body wouldn't have produced its own oestrogen, due to the high dose of oestrogen, and there was no follicle/egg so wouldn't have produced progesterone. bless it lol. So I'm curious to see if this cycle is regular again. anyway sometime mid Sept i should have my period. our phone consultation was last Thursday. i didn't end up asking about a natural cycle FET. I'm not sure my body is working as it should this time, for ovulation tests to work, and if it was we would have had to go for a scan last weekend, and we were at a wedding. so we'll just go ahead with a medicated cycle again. sod it. my doctor said that I'm not the first patient he had where the lining thickness reduced again, so that made me feel better, and he said there is still a lot of different approaches we can try, so that was good to hear. what he suggested to try next is basically to emulate the meds during an egg collection and before a fresh transfer. Following both egg collections, we could transfer without problem and my lining was perfect, over 10mm. it is an interesting idea and i like it. so i'm having patches again every other day. And a ton more oestrogen tablets. 9 a day! two tablets four times a day orally, and even one vaginally! I'll probs be flying on oestrogen lol. then he's given me blood thinning injections, because it seems blood circulation is an issue, to bring the oestrogen to the right place and quicker. i always thought that my uterus mustn't have a good blood circulation, so i approve of that. then I'm still having injections to stop any eggs from popping, even though there surely won't be any with that dose of oestrogen. and then even a trigger injection! so that's the bit that emulates the meds from before an egg collection. cool idea. so we shall see. I'm prepared this time that it might not work again, so even if it doesn't we'll just go again. I really appreciate that we can try all these different protocols, and am sure we'll find the right plan at some point. And maybe the main issue was my lining all along and our last embryo will make it with the perfect lining. fingers crossed. also managed to carry my sorry arse to the gym again. get the heart pumping to improve my blood circulation and general health and wellbeing so feeling good and positive again that. back to work and a better routine now after the summer :) xx

@Honeybunie So lovely to hear from you and hear your news. Fantastic that you’ve finished your decorating and can relax at the weekends and enjoy it. We’ve got a long way to go ha ha, but it is lovely to be in the decorated bedroom. We’ve had shutters fitted now which I’m really pleased with, almost felt like I was in a holiday house this morning 😂

Great to hear you’re trying a different approach with the FET. I think you’re right in what you say. I never tried a natural cycle (always thought I was too old 😂 it would have stressed me out waiting for my period), I always thought you had more control over things with the meds, especially if you’ve got things planned like weddings. Your doctor sounds very positive and I love that he/she wants to try different things.
I always took Clexane (blood thinners) too and had success with it so that sounds good too.
Sept this morning so not long until you go again. A good time of year for a new start too 😊 Gym sounds great too 🙌

All good here. Just learning to juggle everything! It’s a steep learning curve 😂 Lara’s putting weight on so that’s a relief. Still have to work on the sleep ☺️ but she did sleep for 6 hours last night which amazed me so I had the longest stretch of sleep I’ve had for months! Chris is back at work as of ystdy so I’m learning to cope on my own overnight. He’s off again for 3 days on Tues so it’s not too bad for 3 days. He does 12 hr shifts and has to drive so I want him to get some sleep.
We’re watching a lot of CBeebies but I figure that’s ok ☺️

Let me know how you get on and how it’s all going x ps love that you got addicted to MAFS and it’s not just me 😂

Hi @KLM25 nice to hear from you to too and I'm glad everything is going so well :) how is it going now your husband is back in work? are you coping okay? that is amazing that Lara slept 6hrs straight already. good girl :) How is your son finding the new family addition? hehe. the shutters do sounds amazing!
oh yes I remember you taking blood thinners. I'm taking that as positive news. hopefully they'll help me too. I have injections called fragmin. I got 30 of them... When you got pregnant, how long did you have to take the blood thinners?
My period is imminent now. I'm just sitting here waiting lol. Had sore boobs the past few days and the cramps have started, might be today or tomorrow.. I'm excited to start again, can you tell haha. Look forward to being able to get the dates in my diary too. day 5/6 and 10/11 scans.. so will need to see what days they fall on. and then the transfer obviously and hopefully. It's funny how you adjust your expectations based on past experience. OH and I were joking that we've lowered our expectations now hoping to make it past the second scan without the lining playing up again. so we're not even thinking about a transfer yet. funny how it goes isn't it. Yeah I'm so enjoying being back in the gym too. nothing too strenuous, just a bit of cycling to get the blood pumping, weights machines to build up some muscles and then a swim and steam room which is soooo nice now that it's getting darker and colder again. and OH and I can do it together which is really nice :)
Will keep you posted :) xx

Hey @KLM25
So we had our first scan today. Day 5 scan as the doctor ordered. The last few days were a bit meh. My period started on Tuesday, but very slowly, just with spotting and cramps and it didn’t really pick up until the evening. So I wasn’t sure whether to start my meds half the day. Until I decided to start them just before bed when it got stronger. They always say they want fresh blood as an indication don’t they and my period doesn’t really have that. But usually it starts in the mornings anyway so it was always clearer for me in the past when to start. So I wasn’t sure what I was doing was right. So I rang them first thing Wednesday morning to let them know. The nurse said oohh that’s a complicated protocol. Someone will ring you back in 2 hrs to talk you through things and book you in. No call back all day! So I rang back next morning. Again the nurse said I’m on the list for call backs someone will ring me back by end of the day to book me in. Again no call back on Thursday! All the while I felt insecure and on the brink of crying because I didn’t know whether what I had done the right thing re starting my meds in the evening. I know it seems stupid but little things like that can really get you can’t they. And no-one to ask for reassurance. So that played on my mind all week until they finally called me Friday morning. And even that call she was just like oh yeah someone will call you to book you in for the scans. I was like hang on a minute. I’m already on day 4 now (yesterday) shouldn’t I be booked in for a scan tomorrow??? She was like oohh yeah we better do that right away 🤦‍♀️ Bloody nuisance. Like they didn’t even look at my file before calling me. And it took them two days to ring me for that poor show?! So then I got a scan this morning at 8:20!! Obvs because it was so last minute 😤 baring in mind it takes us two hours to get there!! And because all of this was on my mind all week, and it upset me not knowing, and probably the high dose of stuff I’m on I didn’t sleep well for a few nights now, just waking up for 1-2 hrs in the middle of the night! And having to get up at 6 this morning 😴 jeezz I’m knackered!
Apart from that the scan went well. I was also very happy to see that the female lead consultant did the scan. Not a nurse as usual. They have three consultants in total. So my lining was 6.7mm which I was happy about too. Remember it was 10.5 on day 5 already last time and then it went thinner by day 11! So I thought that’s good news. Slow and steady hopefully to get there. Then the consultant said she wants me to come back Monday for a scan! She said it looks like my lining goes thick and then compresses too early. That’s why it got thinner last time. So she’s hoping to catch it when it is a good thickness. Which may be by Monday already. And then she said rather than wait until day 11 start the whole process earlier and just go by the thickness of the lining! So if it was like 10-11 on Monday (which would only be day 7) she’d want me to do the trigger shot Monday night and start progesterone two days later. So everything would be earlier. Pretty interesting. I like her thinking. We may as well try it. So that’s where we’re at. Fingers crossed. Also for a better nights sleep tonight!!
Hope you’re keeping well xx

Morning @Honeybunie, wow it’s all been going on. I can completely understand your frustration at not getting a call back at such a crucial time 🤯 Lack of communication is one of the toughest things about all this. I remember that feeling - is this my period, should I start yet? With me it often fell over a weekend when the skeleton staff were on duty, who didn’t know you, I used to be refreshing my emails constantly to see if they’d got back to me, I remember how stressful it was. Two whole days - you must have been doing crazy 😐
Hopefully that was the stressful part and things will keep improving now. Really glad your scan went so well - that’s a fantastic thickness for day 5 and hopefully today (day 7?) it could be just right maybe? Or if not quite there, then at least they’re keeping a close eye and can catch it at the right time - that sounds very reassuring to me. Also fantastic that you got one of the consultants for the scan - you’ll have more faith in them after all the mess around on the phone.
Let me know what happens today! I’m really rooting for you, as you know.

All fine here. Chris started his three days off yesterday so we had a day out locally and we’re off into town today to pick up some new shoes for Henry and a few other jobs. It’s so much easier when he’s here, but I am getting into the swing of it on my own. I think you learn by your mistakes, like anything. I’ve had a few tearing my hair out moments ☺️ but also have had my confidence boosted by things like getting Henry to nursery on time with the two of them and to Rugbytots etc.
The babybjorn carrier is my friend! Lara goes to sleep in it generally and then I’ve got both hands free.

We’re even planning a holiday which I’m very excited about although some times in the night when I’m up feeding her, I worry we’ll be biting off more than we can chew 🤦‍♀️😂
We’re just going for a few days to start with as a bit of an experiment, but planning to fly to Milan on one of my discounted work flights and get the train to Lake Garda for a few days next month. I can speak some Italian and they do say the Italians love kids, so we’ll see how it goes 😝 I figure we won’t be able to do these things unless we practice them and we both love travelling so would really like the kids to be the same.

Anyway! All the best for today, I’m keeping everything crossed for you, and so pleased it sounds like you’re in good hands now with the consultant. Let me know how it goes when you get chance x

@Honeybunie *going crazy - typing in a rush! Xx

@Honeybunie ps forgot to say - I took blood thinners (Clexane) up until 7 weeks first time and then up to just over 12 weeks second time. The second time, no one seemed to want to make the decision to stop them and I just kept being passed back and forth between the clinic and the NHS.
I was just taking them empirically though as I was never tested for thrombophllia or the reason you need to take them (can’t remember the name of it). Anyway, eventually the clinic in Spain said I could stop them, I did, and everything was ok. It’s so nerve wracking when you’re at that point.
Funny thing was - after the c section, I was discharged with another 6 weeks of them 😂 Just when I thought I’d seen the back of them ha ha. I’ve now got another sharps box to attempt to dispose of, but that’s another story ☺️ x

Heya @KLM25 I had my scan this afternoon. It looks like it's all going well. I had a nurse doing the scan today. I was the last person in there at about 5pm. The nurse was just reading over my file (which I thought looks like thick and battered by now lol) to make sense of it all. I think my protocol confuses people as I'm taking so much haha. the thickness was between 7 and 7.2, so it's developing nicely and steadily and is where it should be. so it looks like we're back on the original plan. I had the feeling what the doctor was saying on Saturday hasn't really been captured in the notes. or the nurse didn't understand it anyway. if the doctor wanted to go by lining, I would have expected further check ups. the nurse today just looked at it as she would with any other protocol. from what she could see all is as it should, so we continue as per usual. she just said my next scan will be on Day 12, so Saturday. I was like okay.. that's news to me. they had already put the day 12 scan and a provisional transfer date on my file, but obvs nobody had told me that due to a lack of call last week.. I just said okay what time is that then on Saturday? the nurse said oh you haven't been booked in yet, we better do that now. wow.. it all seems very uncoordinated. Oh well, it is what it is. Nothing I can do. I can only hope the lining will keep growing slowly, so hopefully we'll be at about 10mm by Saturday, and not start compressing and thinning early again. fingers crossed. so scan is Saturday morning, and provisional transfer date is Friday next week. but let's see what Saturday brings first. the Saturday scan will be done by a doctor again the nurse said. let's see which one it will be this time. it feels a bit like everybody has a different opinion, which is a bit weird when you're following a specific plan set by one person. then other people pop in along the way and suggest something else? oh well got to trust the process. I wish i had one doctor throughout that I can ask. that's why i was kinda looking forward to starting again and going private, where you can choose a doctor who will stay with you for the duration. and now I found out the doctor I wanted might be leaving the clinic :( oh well, hopefully we'll be successful and won't need it anyway.
Aw that sounds like a lovely family day out today. running a few errands :) glad you're getting into a good routine. it must be challenging half the time but sounds like you're smashing it! well done :) haha yeah strap the baby in and off you go. brilliant :)
Uh I'm excited for your for going on holiday! I really want to go to Lake Garda too. My parents and sister went a few years ago, and half my village where I'm from seems to be going there every year lol. it looks sooo pretty. I looked into it before and was wondering how easy it is to get around by train, or if it's easier to hire a car. Let me know how you find it and in which places you'll be staying. yeah I can imagine it seems daunting with two little kids, but as you say, try it out and see how you get on. I'm sure you'll have a lovely time and make precious memories :) I also always thought I'd love to go travel if we had a baba during maternity leave, nothing too crazy, but to enjoy the time and, like you, do the things we love together with the baby. sure it must be possible.
Oh yes I remember now how you were worried about stopping the blood thinners. it must be worrying, having to trust your body when it's been on the meds for so long. haha why what happened with the sharps box? I have two or three now, all half full, never tried to dispose of one yet. I thought you'd just bring it to the pharmacy? I'm a bit sick of the injections already I must say haha. poor belly is bruised already. can't imagine having to do that for 12 weeks lol. but I know I'd do it in a heart beat if we were successful.
I started using my iPhone health app to log my meds. I never knew of that function. It really helps me as it is soo much at so many different times in the day. some stuff every other day. in the past with a few meds here and there I never forgot any , but this time I definitely would! so it's very handy :) having said that, this morning it was so tired, that i couldn't remember whether I had taken my tablets or not haha. must log it on my phone immediately whenever I take them and not take them in passing! so i just took them (again) I don't know haha.
Will keep you posted about Saturday :) xx

Hi @Honeybunie, I was just thinking about you yesterday and wondering how you were getting on. Hope all’s ok and everything went to plan.

Oh the sharps boxes 🥴 That’s one of the downsides of an overseas clinic - you can’t take them back there! I was told to take them to a pharmacy by my midwife who wouldn’t take them. I tried three different ones and they all turned me down flat. I was getting quite annoyed by the end of it. In the end I closed them off, packaged them up in a secure bag and put them in our black wheelie bin rubbish one at a time. You’re not supposed to, but I read that it all gets emptied into an incinerator in our area, so I couldn’t see the problem. It was all very frustrating.

Yes I’m with you about logging the meds. I got like that in the end, I couldn’t remember. I had one of those little pill boxes that I filled up weekly and then I knew if I’d missed any. Plus all the alarms on my phone!

Anyway, I hope you’re ok, thinking of you and sending all positive thoughts your way ❤️ x

Hi @KLM25 I’m good thank you. We had our scan on Saturday. It was a bit disappointing because the lining hadn’t gotten any thicker! It was 7.1 Monday last week and exactly the same on Saturday! I’m starting to think that my lining just doesn’t seem to give any more than that! It’s strange. Whatever they put me on, and I’m on a shad load now, it never gets past 7.1. On the bright side it hadn’t reduced! And 7.1 is acceptable. So the doctor (it was a completely new doc to us) said she was happy to go ahead with the transfer. She said (like people before) the appearance is perfectly trilaminar. This doctor was also super confused by my medications. She didn’t understand why I took cetrotide and having a trigger injection. So I had to explain the other doctors logic to her. I think the doctor who came up with the protocol didn’t write very good notes. Everyone just looks at my file like what is going on 🫠 and I’m not happy I’m on so much medication tbh. I’ve got no follicles growing but had to take cetrotide. I won’t agree to that next time. We live and we learn don’t we. I feel like I have to be my own doctor and I’m getting cleverer at it 😏 I’ll tell them how it’s gonna go down next time 😂 I started writing down the results of every attempt and thickness levels and what went wrong etc. so I can make my own case next time 💪 so yeah started progesterone Monday evening with pessaries. Lubion in the mornings. And transfer will be on Saturday. I am a little worried about the lining. What if it has gone thinner again? It might’ve done between the scan and starting the progesterone you never know. So I’ll defo ask them to check my lining thickness first before the transfer. I double checked our last transfer. We had like 6.9 at the day 11 scan and decided to go ahead. By transfer day it was 7.1 so good enough! Nobody noted that down in my file though! Unbelievable. So I went through the mumsnet chat to find out and made a note for myself 😂 I can tell them that next time.
oh yeah how annoying that they wouldn’t take your sharps box!! That’s just petty! Doesn’t matter why you have it they should have a responsibility to destroy it since it’s in the country. Idiots. What you did makes sense tho. It all gets incinerated doesn’t it 🤦‍♀️
anyway wish me luck for Saturday. Fingers crossed my lining behaves itself xx

Hi@KLM25 hope you’re well and having a nice weekend?
we had a successful transfer today 😊 I was prepared for the worst but obvs hoping for the best. Had a bottle of my favourite wine ready and waiting for me in the fridge 😂🤣🤣 but luckily that’ll have to wait now. We had to drive in early to pick up more oestrogen from the pharmacy and they only open from 10-12. So we were there anyway ready. The embryologist rang at 10.30 to say it had thawed well and had shown signs of expansion which is what they want to see. So we were booked in for 11:30. We then had to wait like half an hour. I was starting to wonder if anything was wrong with the embryo 🤦‍♀️😅 but all was fine. I think my clinic now does guided transfers as a routine which is interesting! My lining was 7.3 today so even a bit more 😃 appearance was still perfect 👌 I was quite worried I might lose it. Had a bit of cramps this week which could be anything else but it always makes you wonder doesn’t it. Anyway so that was great. And we watched the embryo go in 😊 and got a picture. I also asked the embryologist if they grade the embryos again before transfer. She said they don’t but she’d give it a 4AB. I was like 😱😱🤩 it was frozen as a 3CC. She said they have made the ranking a bit more generous and kind to the embryos 😂 but she said it’s defo a good looking embryo to her. I was so pleased 😌 to think I was crying my eyes out last year when it only developed to a 3 on day 6 and was graded a CC 🤦‍♀️ is now a bit embarrassing 🙈 😂 good lesson to learn! Don’t waste your energy on stupid things like that! It’s a viable embryo that survived freezing and thawing and managed to look good for the occasion. So everything went perfect today 😊 really pleased. Did a bit of shopping and lunch after. Now on the sofa ready to sleep 😅 hope you’re having a lovely weekend too xx

@Honeybunie That’s wonderful news ❤️😀 I’m so pleased for you, it always feels like such an achievement to get to transfer day.
It sounds like everything was just right, your lining’s great, the embryo’s a brilliant grade, all the positives are there!
I always quite like this part, you can sit back and relax for a bit now, you won’t be thinking about testing or symptoms yet so it’s really quite nice 🥰
All fine here, we’ve booked an Airbnb in Lake Garda and just thinking about buying a big backpack now. I’ve got to start getting my head around the packing now 🤦‍♀️
Hope you have a lovely Sunday, put your feet up and relax, I’m keeping everything crossed for you xxx

@KLM25 thank you 🥰 yes we are very happy everything went so well 😊 I’m feeling very content today which is nice 😌 quite the contrast to last weekend when I was very emotional 😭 OH had his hands full 😅😅 I think with all the hormones I’m taking if I get upset or angry.. I get really upset and angry 🫣🫣😅 luckily I’m happy at the moment 😅
you’re right. It’s the nice bit where you can enjoy having reached that milestone and before you start worrying about the pregnancy test 😅 I’m trying my best to rest but then I was also getting exited about having a house day today and I had loads of things I wanted to do. Didn’t end up doing a lot. But stupidly I volunteered to cook dinner 🤦‍♀️ should’ve let OH wait on me 😅 I got really tired in the afternoon and even had a nap which is rare for me. Could’ve snoozed for ages but then I had to cook dinner 😅 on the sofa now though and will take it very easy the next few days 😊 it’s a nice little bubble to be in and with the weather it’s nice to cuddle up inside 🥰 I also just treated myself to a heated throw which is absolutely amazing 😻
oh brilliant! When are you going on holiday? I can imagine it’s quite a mission to pack for a whole family never mind a little baby. Sure you’ve got this though 💪 that’ll be so nice. Your first holiday as the four of you 🥰 I couldn’t resist to book a little trip away either and booked flights for a long weekend to see our friends in Corfu. Going 17-20 October. It’s literally the last flights going out and back before the winter pause and they were a really good price. I figured that it’s after the test date. If I’m pregnant we have something to celebrate with our friends and if not then it’ll be a nice distraction and I get to spend some time with my bestie 🥰
hope you had a lovely weekend too. Hope it’s all going well with Lara too 🥰 xxx

@KLM25 well I’m in disbelief and shock. We both are.. tested positive this morning 🥹 did a clear blue digital. I was looking at the flashing hourglass ⏳ waiting to see ‘not pregnant’. Then ‘pregnant’ popped up 😲 and after a little longer ‘1-2 weeks’. Didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Well we both cried haha. Then I did a first response early test and the second line appeared straight away 😄😄 I cannot believe it. Sitting here trying to get to grips with it.

@Honeybunie what wonderful news!!! Congratulations, I'm so so happy for you both! Lovely strong line too x

@Imisscoffee2021 Thank you so much 🥰 I was thinking it looked like solid line. Fingers crossed 🤞 now 🥰

Oh @Honeybunie I just read your post in the car whilst we were on the way back from a swimming lesson and it brought tears to my eyes ❤️ I’m so very pleased for you, it’s really made my day 🥰😊
I’ve been thinking about you the past few days and wondered how it was going but hadn’t had a chance to message.
That’s such a strong line too! I’m really over the moon for you both 😀
What’s the process with the clinic now?
It’s taking me back to my first positive test with Henry, it’s such a special time, hopefully you can enjoy it and relax a little bit xxx

Ps I realised I never answered your question - we’re going away a week today! I’m half excited half scared ☺️ Have got a long list of what we need to pack and might have a closer look at the rucksack today as Chris is off work. Feel like I need to pack quite strategically so we have everything to hand rather than panicking when I can’t find a bottle or drop a nipple shield on the floor or something 😂
Think you’re off to Corfu the day after us so we’ll be away at the same time. What a lovely time for you to go away ☀️❤️ It’ll be such a nice distraction and good timing before you start feeling sick ha ha ☺️ x

Congratulations @Honeybunie that is wonderful! I am so very pleased for you, and agree that it’s a lovely strong line! What wonderful news 💕

I also have some news, DS was born three weeks ago. He is marvellous, although it all still seems very surreal!

Massive congratulations @Decaffe That’s really lovely news ❤️😊 x

Congratulations @Decaffe !! Hope you're enjoying the madness that is the newborn era, and the joy it brings too :) lovely news today x

@Decaffe thank you so much 🥰🥰

aawww that is such lovely news too. Congratulations 🥳 glad everything went well and he’s here. Bet it is a surreal new situation 🤭

@KLM25 aawwww thank youuu 🥰🥰 glad I could make your day too hehe 😊 I’m still in disbelief. OH too. I’m running around like a headless chicken. Head is all over the place. It’s been a crazy morning 😅 I sent a pic of the tests to my mum and she didn’t reply for ages until I rang her. She was in shock and tears 😅 then the clinic called while I was still on the phone! I was so glad as I need some meds topped up. I still have loads left over from abandoned cycles in the past so I was just about to do a stock take. So I got my week 7 scan on 30 October 🥰 and the nurse noted down all the meds I need. So we’re on our way to the clinic now to pick up everything. I just hope I remembered everything. Heads gone 💨💨 I’m so glad you ladies think it’s a strong line. That’s reassuring 😊
Typical, we had a bit of an incident yesterday evening too.. I ran out of blood thinners!! They gave me 28 to start with. Because of my protocol with the added cetrotide and trigger injection that added an extra day or two to the whole cycle. So I was two short and only realised that after the transfer when she said test date was today. Because it was a Saturday the pharmacy was shut already. She suggested I asked my local gp for just two injections to save me driving all the way to the clinic. It took days of phoning around and the clinic to send over a prescription, the gp to sign and approve it until it was issued to the pharmacy on Friday I think. OH knows the pharmacist and checked with him. He said they can get it for next day. So I kinda forgot about it on Saturday. On Monday I sent OH to collect. So the pharmacist had instructed the ladies in the pharmacy to order it over the weekend but they didn’t! So he ordered it on Monday. Just missed the deadline to have it delivered Monday afternoon so it was going to be there yesterday. Then we both forgot all about it yesterday. At 7pm I went to do my injection and found I run out. We just looked at each other like 😱😱 god I was in a bad mood. Couldn’t change anything about it at the time obvs. After the positive test OH went first thing 9:00! Oh I also did a stupid thing and took some aspirin last night thinking that’ll be my blood thinner substitute 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ well after my injections this morning the tiniest injection sites would not stop bleeding. I couldn’t believe it! Never knew aspirin was that powerful might’ve also been double the effect with residue blood thinner in my system 🤦‍♀️ so don’t ever to that! 😅 the stupid things we do 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️😂 pharmacist said I should just take it now and then carry on in the morning with it from now on. That was nice to get some advice as it was a bit worried obvs.
Yes I’m feeling relaxed which is good. Whatever will be will be. Just have to trust the process now and hope for the best 😊
Oh do I need a blood test to confirm? I can’t remember if the nurse mentioned anything about that earlier on the phone. Or do I just go to my week 7 scan and if it’s okay then you sign up with midwife and stuff? Xx