Trying for a baby (12+ M/not straightforward)

nottslass_2

nottslass wrote: »

I had my 3D AFC scan today - its a pre IVF scan which checks everything from follicles to fibroids and egg reserve (and anything else they happen to find !)
Anyway,not sure if everything OK or not,apparently I've got "multiple" fibroids (only thought I had 1) one ovary is "OK for your age" (OMG bring me the zimmer frame) the other is a "little Small".oh and they found something else but I can't remember what !

Next step is for the consultants to discuss the findings,so that they can decide if we can start treatment this cycle,they said that they will get back to me in a couple of days,so I'm stuck in limbo,waiting for the call.

If we get the go ahead embryo transfer should be Xmas week - Although we're not sure if this is a good or bad idea as we will be on the 2ww over Xmas

As the suspense was killing me,I nipped into the clinic at lunch time ( I work in the same hospital) and it appears that everything is OK with the scan and we've got the go ahead !!!

All we need to do now is get our drugs sorted and sign the paper work.

Why all of a sudden do I feel sick,excited and nervous and I keep getting sudden thoughts of OMG what are you doing !!!

Next I need to arrange the bikini wax and pedicure,(come on,I need to look good )oh and sort out the musical accompaniment's - how about,I got you babe,by sonny & Cher,Born to be my baby,by bon jovi or even Buddy Hollies Maybe baby ?

nottslass_2

Whoops,sorry lilo,(I'm all self,self,self today)forgot to say I'm so glad everything went well for you,and thanks for keeping us posted.Fingers crossed we'll have (at least) two massive BFP's on the thread before Xmas.

*OMG -just had another thought - twins,triplets or quads !!! Sh8t, I think I need a lie down in a darkened room,with a cold flannel !!!!!

nikkinoo_3

Oh Lilo - fingers and ALMOST everything else crossed for you now! And nottslass - get that ball rolling!! :j

It's great to hear that there could be some really exciting news on here soon. I've had a frustrating week. Saw the nurse, who checked our notes, and saw that we should have been referred 3 months ago to the fertility clinic. AAAAAARGH!!! :mad: She was sooo apologetic, though at the time I didn't mind - we'd sort of decided to be 'relaxed' about things and see if it would happen in its own time knowing that blood/sperm tests were OK. Then I started thinking how if only the bl00dy locum would have referred us as per his notes I could have been going to the fertility clinic yesterday, and not just the GP. Now I have to go back to see the GP directly next week as the nurse can't simply ask the doc to refer us. And the fertility clinic website says they aim to see everyone within 11 weeks of referral. I know I shouldn't really mind, as we'd decided not to push for a referral 3 months ago, but hindsight's a cruel thing.

Enjoy Halloween everyone <|:0)

shelly

nottslass wrote: »

As the suspense was killing me,I nipped into the clinic at lunch time ( I work in the same hospital) and it appears that everything is OK with the scan and we've got the go ahead !!!

All we need to do now is get our drugs sorted and sign the paper work.

Why all of a sudden do I feel sick,excited and nervous and I keep getting sudden thoughts of OMG what are you doing !!!

Next I need to arrange the bikini wax and pedicure,(come on,I need to look good )oh and sort out the musical accompaniment's - how about,I got you babe,by sonny & Cher,Born to be my baby,by bon jovi or even Buddy Hollies Maybe baby ?

Hope everything goes well for you!

shelly x

liloandstitch

nottslass, I am so pleased for you - I understand what you mean by scary tho!!!!

Nikkinoo, its really frustrating that you have to push for everything these days, and so many things are being got wrong. Relax tho, these things happen for a reason - the referral will happen quicker than you think. I got referred to the wrong consultant and had to wait twice, I was soooo frustrated, but you get there in the end!!!!

Good luck to all of you Lilo

PS how is Fairy Elephant, dont you start IVF soon - day 17ish for the down drugs???? let us know how you are getting on!!!

Nicki

CD28 at last, but still BFN (on two different brands of test) this morning, though no sign at all that AF is coming, and I still feel pregnant. I even got very nauseous cooking Sunday lunch. I'm not really sure what's going on as the scan definitely showed I was going to ovulate this month and the OPK suggested it was this day two weeks ago, so AF should be here if she's coming.

We can't move on with treatment until she comes, so if it really is BFN this month, I wish she'd just get on with it. That being said until she finally does show her face, part of me is still hopeful. Even DH has his suspicions that this is the month, even though I was careful not to say anything to him, so it'll be a double disappointment if its not.

With my other pregnancies I always got a BFP on the day I was due, so have no experience of not testing positive until later in the cycle. Does anyone know at what point I should be giving up hope?

nottslass_2

Nicki wrote: »

CD28 at last, but still BFN (on two different brands of test) this morning, though no sign at all that AF is coming, and I still feel pregnant. I even got very nauseous cooking Sunday lunch. I'm not really sure what's going on as the scan definitely showed I was going to ovulate this month and the OPK suggested it was this day two weeks ago, so AF should be here if she's coming.

We can't move on with treatment until she comes, so if it really is BFN this month, I wish she'd just get on with it. That being said until she finally does show her face, part of me is still hopeful. Even DH has his suspicions that this is the month, even though I was careful not to say anything to him, so it'll be a double disappointment if its not.

With my other pregnancies I always got a BFP on the day I was due, so have no experience of not testing positive until later in the cycle. Does anyone know at what point I should be giving up hope?

Nicki,I went through the same thing a couple of months ago-Sadly I got a BFN,but on searching the INTERNET there were plenty of stories from women who didn't get a BFP until 2 weeks later !!!!

Good luck And I'll keep my fingers crossed that you are one of them X

liloandstitch

Nicki, fingers crossed for you xxxxxx

lilo

FairyElephant_2

liloandstitch wrote: »

PS how is Fairy Elephant, dont you start IVF soon - day 17ish for the down drugs???? let us know how you are getting on!!!

:hello: Hiya Lilo (& everyone!) - I'm still here!
Very pleased to read your news updates (although I haven't had much time lately I kept nipping in to see how you were doing!).

Nottslass - looks like we may be on the 2WW at the same time - I've got mixed feelings about it being over Xmas, as that is when I got bad news last year and I was in-&-out of hospital all over Xmas.
I also have to confess that I find the not-drinking thing difficult - not that I am an alcoholic or anything, but all my friends know that I do like a drink (or 3!) and I am a bit of a 'party animal', so I have developed various sneaky tricks to make it look like am drinking when I am not!

Nicki - I'll be keeping everything crossed for you too!

Right, well, update on me..... Sometimes I really have the feeling that this whole thing is 'not meant to be' you know?!? After all the hiccoughs we've had getting to start ICSI#2, I got my meds delivered on Friday....and they sent the wrong stuff!!!! Of course, I couldn't get anyone on the phone Friday evening or at the weekend, so I was stressed all weekend about it (doesn't take much to get me stressed at the moment!).
Luckily, the tablets I have to start Weds were OK, it's the downregging stuff
I start on Friday which was wrong, so hopefully they will replace it in time. Now I'm worried about actually getting it - it has to be delivered to my mum's, as we are at work all day, and she is in-&-out of hospital for herself this week, and my dad is pretty ill too, so he may be in hospital before the end of the week...AAARRGGHHHHHH! Sometimes I really just want to scream!

DH is still calm about everything (well, he had a bit of a rant when we realised the drugs were wrong, but he never stays mad for long) and we had the DSK's at the w/e so I was busy in the kitchen quite a while.
Now we're preparing for Bonfire night (we were 'persuaded' to have it at our house, so 30-ish adults & kids coming round.....) so I've no time to brood over stuff really, which is a good thing.

Have a good week everyone.

Hugs,

FE

nottslass_2

Hi FE,I think that you'll be a couple of weeks ahead of me,I am on CD 5 ,so have got a couple of weeks until I start downregging. Like you,I'm not sure about doing this over Xmas - could be either a good or bad thing !!!But as I'll be 41(shh,don't tell anyone) in Feb, time is really running out.

Hopefully I'll get my prescription in the next day or two,then I'll be "shopping around" MSE style to find the cheapest !

Also going to try acupuncture,so I've got to get that sorted.

You'll have to let me in on your sneaky tricks re alcohol or people will wondering why I'm not drinking.