TTC for 12 months +

ADN how did your scan go?
How's everyone else?

I'm very relieved with my scan! First time ever I didn't hear the sentence "looks like a polyp there" so phew!. 6 main follicles on each side with 2 of them possibly being cysts that I had drained last egg collection. Blood test showed nice high estrogen so looking like EC Wednesday but going back Monday for another scan just to make sure.

Awesome ADN sounds promising!
Did they say when you might be ready for EC? We might be in sync!

Not good news for us today 🙁 Bub measured a week behind and had no heartbeat. Onto donor eggs...

Oh a.girl, I'm so sorry.

Faith, good news on the scan! I'm stimming one more day so I'll be Thursday.

Hi all. Back again. Day one for me today. Picking up drugs from FA tomoro and starting gonal f injections tomorrow night. First round of Ivf for us. Was not expecting to start until next month so super happy to find out this afternoon tht we could start on this cycle. DH is away so I will hvto to the first couple of injections myself. So happy to finally be in this position after 6 years   

Good luck 2furbabies! Just dart the needle in and you'll be fine. I do all my injections myself, don't trust himself to stab me :)

a.girl I'm so sorry to hear your sad news. How are you coping?

I had my 15 minute free phone consultation with Fertility Associates today and was very impressed, the nurse was lovely and it actually ended up being a 35 minute consultation covering a lot of medical ground! Hooray for a sense of progress

The nurse said it seems we have done everything possible ourselves health/diet/charting wise over the past 14 months of TTC #2 and she recommended the next step is to book an appointment with Dr Catherine Conway at the Christchurch clinic. Has anyone here been under her care?

I'm surprised by how much it feels like a load has been lifted off my shoulders to have some traction underfoot!

Thank you for that encouragement, Faith

Katie hope a donor comes up for you soon and thank you for your thoughts

EC went well got 10 which is 2 more than last time so I'm happy with that now hoping for good fertilization rates

Good luck for EC tomorrow ADN

Wow Faith, that's a great haul. Good work! And good luck with Fertilization tomorrow. I have my fingers crossed for you.

Good luck to you as well, ADN. Bring us home some more good news :-)

2Furbabies, I hope your first injections went well - they aren't really as bad as you work them up to be, huh?

Libi, I'm glad you had an encouraging conversation. Doesn't it feel great to finally feel like you are moving ahead?

KatieA, I hope you find your donor quickly. Are you looking for a sperm donor?
We found our egg donor ourselves and super quickly! I was shocked that it could take 2-3 years for the clinic to find us one, if they could even. And we wouldn't have any choice in it either really. I am so pleased that this process has moved as quickly as it has for us since we went down the "find your own route".

Sweetpea, good to hear from you. I hope you are well!

Storm, I've just read back and saw your last FET didn't go as planned. I'm so sorry, hun. There are no words :-( I hope you get some answers and some help soon. Whats your next step? I suppose you just want a break from it all now, huh?

And thanks everyone for your kind words and encouragement. I'm ok. Since we had a suspicion all along that things weren't going well, it wasn't a shock to get the confirmation. It's still sad though. Surprisingly I haven't shed a tear yet (I've been pretty grumpy though - poor dh). I'm just worried now that I will mc at home rather than in the hospital - I really want the tissue to get tested. I have an apt on Friday morning, so hopefully I can hold on until they an admit me on the weekend. I've been having a few cramps on and off (still no bleeding though) but if it does start at home, I will just take myself to the hospital and hope they can admit me then and there.