TTC for 12 months +

Glad to hear your feeling better Storm and that you are moving forward to the next one. Wow #4 is it? How do you feel about that?

I'm going ok, i feel really numb/reserved/guarded at the moment and have to keep reminding myself that i am pregnant. My bloods were done today and results are back at 5800 so its were it should be and they are happy with it. My next thing is a scan which is in 2wks (9th). That will make me 8wks along.

Storm i have everything crossed that this is your successful round, you deserve a break. It would be so helpful to understand why you have so many CPs as surely this is the key to getting and staying pregnant.

2 fur babies i am sorry i cant help, but leaving messages with no response is not great service. 1 year with no contact is a long time, keep calling until you get to talk to someone useful. I always find the afternoons are better to get in touch with people in Dunedin FA.

Sweetpea the first few weeks just seem to go on forever... The scan will be exciting :-)

AFM I haven't done anything about talking to FA or doc etc. It was so traumatising going through the medical system with a dozen blood tests and 4x scans last time and a rollercoaster of emotions when i was told all was good/not good/good not good that i am thinking of doing no testing this time. Maybe just getting a scan at 8 weeks to see if all is developing. I know my dates pretty accurately because i had a scan at ovulation.

Wow sweetpea great numbers!!! I'll be hanging out with you for your scan hehe
And yip, this is IVF #4 for us I still find it hard to believe that we've come this far and still trying, when I had DD so easily I never would've dreamed that this is what I would do to have another very overwhelming at the moment! But on we go, picking up drugs today and start injections tonight! I have this feeling of just wanting to get it over with!

Lulu totally understandable with what you went through last time! Have you done anymore HPT's?

2furbabies I haven't had any experience with that sorry, but find it very shocking you haven't had a response from your messages left for them!!! Wow! Hopefully someone calls you back soon! I'd be leaving them a message daily at this point. Good luck!

hi everyone, I have been sitting back reading all of your posts over the last few months. Sweat Pea & Lulu big congrats to you guys!

Sweatpea what great numbers you are getting on your blood tests, good luck for the scan.

2Fur Babies, FA have a thing where they basically guarantee calling you back if you call before 4.30, both the chch and Dunedin clinics are like that, its not good enough, maybe your only option is to go to the clinic in person?

I have started 3rd round of IVF today. well kind of. on Burserilin for down regulation, then start gonal F about the 8 March, haven't done the down reg before, so don't really understand it but am trusting that my specialist knows what she's doing.

I feel more in control this time, not so scared of failure like I was with IVF#2 in September. I have been seeing a hypnotherapist for the last 4 months, and she has given me a recording to listen to every night, its all about visualising producing the perfect egg and having the best IVF experience. My brain was at an all time negative low at the end of 2016, where I was on the verge of getting anti-depressants. so I am doing my very best to turn it around, with any negative thought, I push it away and replace with a positive. it's weird but I feel ready for this IVF#3, this is the round that will give me a baby.

Good luck for this round Storm.

Scrap that it's now turned red and looks like it's going to be my period. I want to awed big time!!

Kiwi - I'm so sorry, hope you are ok.

Hi Storm - I know how you are feeling, it just gets so hard to see anything positive, I felt the lowest of lows late last year.

this is such a hard journey, I have been on this for 5 years and can't believe where the time has gone!

I am not an expert, my default always seems to be negative but I am really trying to change that.

try saying to yourself when you are on your own, in the car, in bed, that you are going to have a baby, and that you this is what is supposed to happen this time, the whole IVF process is bringing you closer to the end goal of a baby for you. I know this sounds a bit doolally (is that how you spell it), but if you are like me and have tried everything, what have you got to lose.

I used to have a moto of think the worst and the worst will never happen, and that hope is a dangerous thing and if I hope and it doesn't work it will hurt more. I have been made to see that hope is good, and the more positive I can be the better I can cope with challenging situations

hopefully I have bought some positivity to your day. xx

Hi all. I finally got an email today at 4 pm which said she would check out where we are and get back to me tomorrow. Tht was after I had left numerous voicemessages all before 4.30.
Yes we have done our counselling sessions and been told in Sept last year tht thy had a donor for us to look at only to be emailed the nxt day basically saying that thy had got it wrong and sed I would need to go on the donor list. I emailed back and said they were confusing me and not answering the questions I was asking and I have been on the list since Feb and she replied and said sorry English is not my first language and she would leave me to deal with another nurse and not a word since.

Hey 2fu babies, that's odd that they said they had one for you to look at last year. From what we have been told by FA chch, we get four donor profiles to look at. Are you chatting to a nurse of the new patient coordinator? We went on the donor list 2nd feb last year and still waiting - I know how frustrating the wait is! If I was you, i would make a complaint about them not returning your messages, that's really bad! Especially when the message says they will. I hope you get some answers and the wait isn't too much longer for you 😊

Rosey, love the positivity!

I have been leaving messages for the nurse. I didn't know there was a new patient coordinator. I don't really talk to anyone and have just been waiting in limbo. Have you had to contact them or have they kept you updated?

Wow so much to catch up on.

Kiwi i am so sorry.

Storm, this really has to be your turn. Good luck with the jabs.

2Furbabies glad to hear you got a response, finally, but sheesh talk about making life harder for you! Hopefully you get to talk to someone who will tell you what is happening straight up.

Faith chances are the margin or error is to explain the difference,but either way they sound like good numbers, 50th percentile just means 1/2 the population have more and 1/2 have less so you are in the middle of normal.

Rosie good work on the positive mindset. Well done for doing something positive to change your mindset. i really need to learn how to turn around my thinking also.


AFM - i am feeling very normal, and i haven't got any more HPTs so haven't even retested. I feel much more relaxed about this than last time, so managing to just wait patiently! I need to call FA to book in an ultrasound in a couple of weeks.