The Trials and Tribulations of Trying to Conceive when its just not happening (12m+)

jujugaboo

Oh congrats sexKi11en on getting started. Don't worry I hate needles to but I am getting use to them now, I was really needle phobic before I started all this but now a baby is more important.

Lilo - sorry it wasn't good news but love your positive outlook. I hope you can achieve what you want naturally or get ready for needle time.

QQuaver

sexki11en wrote: »

I start downregging on Thursday, then stimming on 1st July!

Yay!:j

The appointment went well - until the nurse bought out the needles and I burst into tears! Oh the shame

(((Hugs))). I was amazed at how thin those needles were:o

liloandstitch

Briliant news sexkitten, really hope it goes well for you! XXX

Had my first Manual lymphatic drainage today - fell asleep all afternoon!

Cant remember what else I was going to say - may be back!!! Lilo

Oh yeah, woke up this morning to muuuuuuuuuum, come quick - one 8 year old throwing up in the bath, with diarrhoea ............. I will let you imagine the mess! Do I really want another one? (Yes!)

Lilo

onestep

hi all

lilo - am very admiring of your PMA!
sexki11en - yey for getting started

Am on the 2ww here .. and getting cold feet about going to the GP again. I need to bite the bullet and just make the &^%$ call..

QQuaver

liloandstitch wrote: »

Oh yeah, woke up this morning to muuuuuuuuuum, come quick - one 8 year old throwing up in the bath, with diarrhoea

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onestep wrote: »

Am on the 2ww here .. and getting cold feet about going to the GP again. I need to bite the bullet and just make the &^%$ call..

Good luck, I hate calling the docs too:o

Runnerduck

hi eveyone, good luck sexkillen,
glad you are keeping so positive lilo, hope all the good work pays off and you dont need ivf
toni and nic hope you are both keeping well

we have started our fet treatment, i have a scan on 27th and the et wil probably be later that week if everything goes well, i,m on my 4th day of tablets, and feeling good, off to see Take that tonight well actually we are going at lunchtime and are going to make a day of it , then off to gardeners world live on fri with another friend (as i won tickets) might as well make a week of it

hope everyone it well

liloandstitch

Have a great time Runnerduck, all sounds brilliant, I am really envious of the Take That tickets!

All back to normal on the bottom front today (thank god)

Lilo

chickpea

Hello everyone! I have returned from Spain - glad to see there's some good news on my return from Toniq!

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The holiday was good - well, the car broke down on the way to the airport, there were massive thunderstorms that left the entire resort flooded and without electricity or water for an afternoon and we all got food poisoning that lasted several days (dodgy paella)..but overall, yes it was good!

I'm afraid my healthy eating resolve crumbled around the edges - I was feeling queasy quite a lot of the time and could only face certain things anyway - it was more than I could do to not have just a couple of glasses of wine when we were dining out, and I failed to resist the lure of churros, sangria and calamari as well. Oh well - it's over now and there's no more excuses.

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I'm CD14 now, expecting an egg in the next couple of days. I have requested another appointment with the fertility specialist, her secretary reckons they will be able to fit me in in July. I expect she'll tell me there's nothing more she can do for me, but what the heck. At least I won't have to pay for this one!

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Lilo - your account of the Z West appointment was very interesting, thanks. Lots to think about. I'm glad she backed up your feelings about IVF at present.

jujugaboo

Have a great time Runner - I am jealous too! Good luck with the FET, its all moving along nicely.

Welcome back Chickpea - hope you don't have to wait too long for your appointment.

Good luck onestep on 2WW.

Toni, when is your scan? soon?

PinkPeach

Hi ladies, I had my first appointment yesterday with the consultant for IVF and I was wondering if any of you who have gone through this have any advice in terms of time off work for the procedure?

The consultant said that I'd need around 3 days off for the egg collection. The issue is that right at the time this is due to happen I am due to start a new job the week beforehand. The job is still within the same place but in another department entirely which means a new manager/not knowing anyone etc. I'm going to tell the manager this week that I'll need time off for an operation and that unfortunatley it's right when I've just started the job. I was wondering though how to explain it without having to tell her what its for? As it's not an inpatient procedure the hospital can't provide a sick note for me but mentioned that I can ask the doctor for one instead.

In general how have your employers been with the time you've needed to take off work for this treatment? The hospital told me that some women take the 2 weeks off as sick leave due to going for all of the scans etc. I don't want to do this as it doesn't look very good with a new job but equally I feel stressed that this is all happening at the same time and am concerned it could affect the success of the treatment. The job is a step up for me which is good so equally I don't want to make a bad impression but I feel it's impossible to know how I'll respond to the drugs and how I'll feel.

Any advice greatly appreciated:o