TTC for 12 months +

Very quiet weekend in here!

How is everyone doing?

My tummy currently looks like a purple pin cushion lol and I started the awful orgalutran this morning ouch! First scan for me on Wed morning.

Storm, wow on Wednesday already that went fast well for me, maybe not you. ouch on the injections wasn't a fan on that part!

Faith, bummer. That is a hard one. Do they know what they are? It sucks it wasn't done right the first time for you.

AFM I am just waiting patiently (not really ) for my scan next week. Would like it to be tomorrow but that's not happening

Hi Everyone! Wow, it sure has been a long time since I logged on in here. I know I won't be able to catch up on everything, but I'll try.

Huge congrats to you Sweatpea. I hope your scan goes really well next week.

Good luck with this round of IVF storm. I'll be stalking to see how EC goes. All the best, hun. I'm sorry to hear that your last transfer didn't go well, especially with the lovely looking embryo.

Rosey, good luck with your round of IVF too. Burserilin is my arch enemy! That drug messes me up so much! I hope you are doing ok on it.

How are you doing lulu? Congrats on the BFP!

Hi everyone else! HT, ADN, 2FurBabies, KatieA, Faith, Kiwigirl, Kumeroa,Libi, and all the other lurkers :-)

So here's an update from my neck of the woods. Unfortunately, I don't have good news to share. We did two rounds of clomid and both of them failed :-( Then we tried a month on our own, and that was a flop. I realized that it's been 2.5 years since I've been pregnant last. My cycles are so messed up from all the drugs and mc's. I'm sure my fertility dropped of that proverbial cliff they so often speak of. We've put our name on the donor embryo recipient list. That list is so unpredictable. Even though there is only one woman in front of me, they have no embryos to adopt and have no idea when they will.

So we've also decided to find an egg donor. It's such a HUGE step for us and it's taken me the better part of a year to come to terms with it, but we've taken the step. I sent a message to 15 of my friends asking if they knew of anyone who may be keen. I was so humbled by the responses from them all and shocked that, between a few friends offering and a few connecting me with women who want to donate, I got a list of about 12 women! Amazing!!! However, I only seriously think 2-3 of them are suitable. Another few may be, but they wouldn't be ready to donate for a year or so. Big ups to the my virtual friends I made in this group. Two of them found me at least 6 of those names!

Though it all sounds exciting, it's actually super scary and sad for me. I'm terrified that we'll get down the path with a donor and she'll pull out. I can't handle that. I'm also terrified that it won't actually work either. I'm sad to move in this direction, away from using my own eggs. It's a huge thing to wrap your head around.

So that's where we are... sorry for the long-winded msg!

a.girl, I had tears in my eyes for you. I don't know what it's like to be on that road but even imaging it isn't pleasant. You're amazingly strong willed and persistent, look at what you've been through already and what you're undertaking now - amazing! Hugs, prayers and all the best for the road you are walking.

A girl such a big decision in your journey and am so hopeful it all works out for you xx
Wishing everyone doing a round good luck and to those coming up I wish you well
I am still going to lurk here for a bit and really hope all of you that your dreams do come true

Update from us we are coming up 14 weeks and all looks good so far. I am still struggling to believe that's it happening for real after all the bad
Luck that we had to get here but as my belly grows it's helping me lol

a.girl - Wow! You really have had a lot to work through in the last few months. Taking that set to look at an egg donor i am sure would be one of the hardest ones to take! Great you have so many friends out there wanting to help with that though that's great to hear! I do hope you find one that would pull out last minute and will go all the way through!

Libi - we are with FA but in Hamilton. They are ok, treat you like a number some days but they get the job done (well so far for me they have)

Kumeroa - wow 14wks that has gone fast! Hope your keeping well!

Storm - good luck for today

a.girl wow! Good on you for taking your time to really know that this is the next step for you. And how amazing of the people you know! I totally get how sad this is for you and you have every right to be. At the end of the day you want to complete your family and this may be the way to do it. I wish you every success with this going forward! I hope you will keep us updated on the progress with it

Faith fingers crossed you get it sorted soon then! First of March today so April isn't too far away

Kumera fantastic to see you are still going along nicely! I'm happy for you to lurk and let us know how you continue to get on.

Libi good luck if you decide to go down the path of specialist help. I have been with FA in Auckland for 4 years now and they really are great. I've had to same doctor and I really like him! There is just one nurse there that I never like receiving calls from as she is one of those ones that see us as a number - but the rest are great!


Scan went well today - managed to have a chat to my doc about things too, and he's also going to see if the head lab guy can have a look at my embryos as the grow after collection just to see if he has any input. And we will look at the PGS for any embryos making to day 5. DH and I had decided that we will do this only if we get a good number like 4 or more as it's quite expensive we would just like to get a broader idea with more. If any less, we will just have them transferred back. But anyway scan showed about 5 larger follicles around 14cmm on both sides, and some smaller ones. So another scan on Friday and if there has been alot of growth, will trigger Friday or Saturday. He was quite surprised they had grown this much already, but then again I am on 250 of puregon! And still bruising with almost every shot

Wow, so much to catch up on on one page!

Storm, glad the scan went well :) not so good about the bruising though :(

Kumeroa, wow time is flying! Glad to hear all is still going well.

a.girl, that's a hard decision to make, so happy for you that you've made it AND that you've had an awesome response from volunteers. Donor eggs is a route we may still have to take but it's something I'd look at. Unfortunately I don't know that many people in NZ so I'd have to do a newspaper advert or something but it's not something to think about for our next round anyway.

KatieA hahahaa also working on losing a few kg here. They seem to be pretty stubborn and don't want to be evicted.

Faith, best of luck for your next surgery.

Phew, think that's it! As for me, we've finally been called up for our first funded cycle later this month (woohoo!!) so I've been getting all my bloods done again. The poor phlebotomist yesterday looked at the order form in awe then triple checked how many vials she needed. In the meantime I'm enjoying the late arrival of summer!

Neither do mine ADN, for me it's too many work dinners that hold me back haha! Also super exciting you have been called up for your first round, i hope it goes without a hitch :)

Storm, I'm in Marlborough and we hit 30 yesterday, was certainly toasty!

Hope everyone else has a good day :)

Wellington Storm! But I jinxed us a little and it's grey with threatened showers today.