CARE Fertility Bulletin Board

Aunty Bunny · 11 May 2007

Hey all, just wanted to say good luck for starting tomorrow to Page. Got all crossed for you honey!

Moni - no, not had baby yet, 10 days overdue and climbing the wall! You all set for starting next week, got all crossed for you too.

Love to everyone else too.

Bron
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Page · 09 Aug 2003

Hello

Looks like it has been very quiet on here. Where are you all?

I have not been able to post this week as my cat had to be put to sleep on Tuesday. Very upsetting he was dying with kidney failure and was incredibly weak and poorly Crying or Very sad

I had my first injection yesterday so I am now off and running. I always find it difficult to choose what time to do them. I always do the injections together and have decided on 5.30 this time so that I can get them over and done with before getting the dinner ready. Obviously only have the 1 at the moment.

Thanks Bron for thinking of me I do hope you little one shows up soon you must be on your last legs!

Glad you made it over here Tina. Fingers crossed your Chicago test results will be fine xxx I have started downregging with George's advice on Day 21.

Moni glad you have a start date set up not long now for you!

Hi to all the SOSC!

Love Page x

Page · 09 Aug 2003

Hello

Have finally set up the front page!

Please let me know if the info I have for you is correct and please let me know if I have missed anyone. God I hope not!!!

Page x

tina m · 22 May 2007

Hi Page

So sorry to hear about your cat hun- Im a real cat lover and know you must be devastated. Here's hoping that this cycle is successful for you. I find that having the needles in the evening is much better- I had my menopur in the morning on my 1st cycle and I felt awful. Totally exhausted. I jabbed in the evening on my 2nd cycle and even though I was on a much higher dose, I felt fine. Maybe it was because the side effects hit me whilst I was asleep Confused

. Thanks for sorting the front page hun x

Had my bio-physical profile done today at proscan. Everything looked great except one of the blood flow measures. Only dropped one mark overall though (19/20)- but she thinks george will prescribe viagra to open up my blood vessels and improve the blood flow. Im mid-cycle and there were 2 big juicy follies there so we'll be at it like rabbits this weekend in the hope that we wont need george's help afterall! We live in hope... Wink

Hi to everyone else- I'll post properly over the weekend. Enjoy it girls Smile

Love Tina xx

pixiekaren1 · 04 May 2007

Hello to all my old buddies!!!!!! Its lovely to see so many familiar names (& new ones of course!!).

Page, very belated happy birthday chick.......lots of luck with the DRegging, must say I hated that part but was amazed by how different I felt when I started stimming xx

Chelly, sounds like Madrid is a real tonic, have you decided how to juggle travelling from Spain to Notts?? I remember you hate flying, will you do the boat again?? xx

Moni, how have you settled into N.Zealand?? Not long til you start now, bet you're counting the days xx

Laura, lots of luck with this cycle hun, if any group can keep you sane it will be these girlies Very Happy

xx

Kelli, you sound like you're doing amazing Very Happy

xx

Bron, not long now hun......I think you're ringing the hospital this evening??? (sorry if I've got that wrong!) Hope they agree to induce you tomorrow...............ooooohhhhh how exciting, you will have little Violet in your arms by the end of the weekend Shocked

.......lots of luck hun xx

Tina, congratulations on your proscan results.....now dont want to hear from you this weekend....you should be far too busy getting jiggy Wink

!!!!!!!!

Alley, good luck with the job search, fingers crossed this is your lucky year xx

Steph, it must be a big relief to be living with DH again, good luck for your review on 5th August xx

Twinnie, congratulations again on your little Lilly, hope you are feeling a bit brighter, been thinking about you loads xx

Have a good weekend, lots of love Karen xxxxxxxxxx

Nefe · 20 Nov 2007

Hiya SOSC

I just wanted to say hi and wish you well for your cycles and look forward to seeing your BFP's PMA PMA!!!!!

Page- So sorry about your cat hun, good luck with the injections hun take care.

Chelly- Hi hun, hope your ok, i saw on the front page you are starting in July, good luck darling.

Kelli- Hiya Mummy, hope you are all ok?xx

Alleycat- Hi darling, sorry you are having stress at work at the minute hun.

Love and lots of luck and glue to everyone of my fellow SOSC ((((HUGS))))

Sam
xxxx

Page · 09 Aug 2003

Just a quick one before I have to go out!

Tina I hope you and DH are tucked up in bed, good luck! Shocked

So lovely to hear from both Pixiekaren and Sam! Both of you very shortly will get your dreams fulfilled. Hope all goes smoothly with the rest of your pregnancy Pixiekaren and Sam you will pass the panel with flying colours and then you will be matched sooner that you think. Wow!

Have a fab weekend everyone the sun is shining!

Page xxx

JoA · 31 Mar 2007

Hi Girls,

Page, I just wanted to say good luck with your cycle, I was thinking of you on Thursday when you started your injections and I have my fingers, toes and everything else crossed that it is your turn this time! Sorry to hear about your cat, it must be so upsetting for you.

Hi to all the other summer cyclers past and present, it's really nice to find out what you are all up to and how you all are - well done Page for setting up this new thread.

Congratualtions to those who have had their babies, I am so pleased for you all and to Bron and Karen good luck with the rest of your pregnancies, Bron, hope yours is over by the time you read this and you have baby Violet safely in your arms. Sorry I haven't been on sooner to congratulate you all, but I've not really been on the BB for a while as I was finding it a bit difficult reading all the good news stories.

We have had two cycles since our m/c in October, one frozen in February which failed because the thaw didn't go too well and the embryos they put back had lost a lot of cells. Then we recently had a fresh cycle in May and unfortunately had a bio-chemical pregnancy. So after lots more tears we have come to the conclusion that there must be something else wrong so we are going to try Nottingham to see whether they can give us some answers and a possible solution to help us achieve our dream.

Anyway I best go, but good luck to everybody starting a cycle and I will be keeping up with your progress and looking forward to some good news.

Love Jo x

Claire_G · 12 Aug 2006

Hi SOSC ladies!

So great to see the old names on here. Wanted to wish you all the luck in the world ladies Very Happy

Page:- So sorry about your cat, it's just horrible isn't it. I hope your injections are going well X

Chelly:- Cant wait for you to come back so we can do the usual 4 hour session in Borders! Hope the PMA is still with you, im sure it will be X

Karen:- I cant believe how many weeks you are, how fast has that gone!!

Steph:- So pleased you are back around hun, good luck for your review X

Bron:- Hope you have some exciting news!

Moni:- Great news that you are ready to go again, good luck!

Kelli:- How you doing Mummy!

Im sure you will all be a great support to each other as we were last year, I look forward to seeing all the BFPs!!! Very Happy

Take care

Love

Claire Gx

MonkeyGirl · 21 Mar 2007

Hello girls,

How's everone doing - haven't had much time to post over the weekend as we've been away for most of it. DP is currently on hols from Uni so no weekend-studying and we have finally had time to explore our beautiful surroundings a bit more. Went to a bush sanctuary on Saturday and spent the whole day on the beach yesterday - it was amazing. It's really warm over here at the moment, almost 20C! It's supposed to be the middle of winter in New Zealand but it doesn't feel like it one bit. The pleasures of global warming... Wink

Bron - surely it must have happened by now??? My sister had her little baby last Friday, she was also 9 days overdue and going up the wall. It all went well though and I now have a little nephew in Germany. Keeping fingers crossed that your baba has meanwhile joined the rest of us on the outside...

Page - am so sorry to hear about your cat, that's really upsetting. I can imagine that it was not an easy decision to make. It sounds like he may have been suffering towards the end so maybe it'll help to think that your decision has ended his suffering. It's still terribly sad though - our cat was like a member of our family and it felt like we'd had a 'death in the family' when she went.
On a happier note, the front page looks great, love the funky effects! Smile

I'm getting really excited, only 3 days to go til I start on the Buserelin. You'll have done a week of it by then - are you feeling any side-effects yet? I've got to pick up the drugs tomorrow and go for an 'injection refresher training' at the same time - and pay a 30% deposit on the treatment - ouch....

Tina - that's great news about scoring so well on your bio-physical profile - hope you've enjoyed your weekend between the sheets Wink

Karen - how lovely to hear from you again, and with such fantastic news! Smile

How are you feeling - are you on maternity leave yet? New Zealand is great, although I still often feel like I'm on a really long holiday. We love our house our garden and our view - we're about 30 min outside of Wellington right next to lush green bush on top of a hill. It's so nice to have a bit of space for a change... missing my friends in the UK though, I guess that's the hardest part. Keeping fingers crossed that the last month of pregnancy goes well for you Smile

Jo - am so sorry to hear that you've been having such a tough time since I cycled with you last year. It's so cruel when your hopes are dashed again and again, and the painful grieving afterwards is horrible. Sending you a big ((((hug)))). Have you had your review appointment yet since your chemical pregnancy in May or will you have this at Notts? Keeping fingers crossed that they will be able to give you some answers. x

Claire - brilliant to hear from you, and huge congrats! Smile

So many of us are pregnant now, it's amazing! How are you feeling, apart from elated of course? Wink

Chelly, Alley, Kelli, Hobbit, Joanne - hope you're all well!

Lots of love

Moni x

Page · 09 Aug 2003

Morning All!

My injections are going well, have been feeling really tired though and probably a little cranky.

Thanks for your well wishes.

Good luck Joanne for tomorrow's first injection! And get yourself ready Moni!

Page x

chelly · 27 Nov 2005

Hello All
just a Quickie as i'm just about to start my spanish lesson.....ooo get me !!!

Well have booked my train back to blightly and will arrive back in Uk on the 23rd July, and start my FET at the begining of august, AF is dues around the 2nd so gives me plenty of time to settile back in....

am really looking forward to this cycle and feel this is gonna be the one ( dare i say) YES PMA PMA PMA all the way......

I'm so pleased to see such a great thread with lots of past pals,,, it's gonna be a good summer i can feel it.....

so heres to us all and lets get those bubbas growing .......

much love will post later

chelly xxx

Page · 09 Aug 2003

Fantastic news Chelly! It makes all the difference when you have a date to work towards. Lots of PMA for you, me and all the SOSC! Very Happy

lauras · 21 Jan 2008

Hello all

not been on for a while as computer problems

PAGE good to here your injections are going well. sorry to here about your cat.

BRON hope you have had your very special delivery!

STEPH good luck with your review in August.

MONI good luck for thursday hope your injections go well

Good luck to everyone else

well start injecting tonight not looking forward to it very nervey as don't like needles and last time they made me really tierd.

Joanne xxx

Levis0501 · 29 May 2007

Hi ladies just popping on to say hi!

Joanne - hope your first injection went like a dream, its a bummer that you dont lik needles ... although i guess none of ivf'ers particularly enjoyed the jabbing Wink

It will all be worth it when you get that Big Fat Positive Very Happy

Page - so sorry to hear about your poor cat hun, terrile timing with your hormones all over the place. Glad injections are going okay hun keep up the good work xx

Hola Chelly Wink

- glad you got dates sorted hun, these next few weeks will fly by xx

Moni - hi hun, hope the deposit didnt hurt too much Shocked

just head straight home and enjoy the view to take your mind off it. Good luck with jabbing xx

Claire G - glad to see all is going well hun how are you feeling? Have you got a bump yet??

JoA - oh hunny you've really had a rough few months by the sound of it Sad

I really hope you get some answers at Notts and of course that BFP xx

Tina - hope your not too exhausted this week Wink

Pixiekaren - wow your pg has gone so fast, hope your resting (although i doubt it Rolling Eyes

) you should listen to your own Matrons voice and take it easy. Dont know about doing 'amazing' but we're muddling along ... i have to say i personally have found a routine to be the way to go with twins and being organised has helped us to get through these early weeks and the time has just flown by really. Just wait and see, you really have to treasure every moment as they get 'big' so quick xx

Sam - hi hun, we are all fine thanks hows you? Am sure you will breeze the panel as Page says and then hopefully you will soon fulfill your dreams xx

Hi to all the other SOSC!! Its so great to be able to catch up with everyone here as i dont really have time to 'surf' the BB any more just check on specific threads.

PS - dont know if you have all seen Brons news ... baby Violet arrived Sunday morning by emergency C section. All is well and they are hoping to be home soon. Brief details posted on 'Smmer Cyclers Bumps' on BBB.

PPs ... has anyone heard from Anni May? I know she was cycling recently (think she had a BFP but then some bleeding ??) but havent seen any posts from her in a while. Hope she is okay if anyone is in touch with her give her my love xx

'Speak' soon ladies

Kelli
xx

lauras · 21 Jan 2008

HI everyone

well did my first injection last night was not to bad just itched like mad for about 10 minuites then fell asleep.

Joanne xxx

Page · 09 Aug 2003

Hello

Joanne glad the jab went well. My main symptom has been tiredness especially trying to get out of bed in a morning! I hate doing them too and DH is phobic so no help there.

Kelli great that you can chat with us. I believe Anni May had a bio chem and is not posting at the moment. Would love to hear from her too as she was having a tough time with everything!

Good luck Moni for your first injection tomorrow!

I'm good just waiting for AF to show up hopefully in the next couple or so days.

Page x

lauras · 21 Jan 2008

Hi Page

My DH does not like needles or injections ever so he is no help. He does not come in when i have blood taken and EC was even worse as DR Shaker cut my and i was bleeding thought DH was going to pass out.
i now what you mean about getting out of bed on a morning especally as DH went to work last week and come home with a chicken (yes a chicken) and said he found it. so its been clucking since 5.33 this morning and i've had a headache and half all day .
Told DH that if it starts tomorrow we will be having chicken curry for dinner (only joking) he has to lock it up till at leased 9.30 when i go to work.

Moni good luck for tomorrow.

Joanne xxx

chelly · 27 Nov 2005

Hello ladies
Hope we are all feeling good today, and planning our positive cycles,,,,

joanne glad you got through you first injection, it isn't the best thing in the world to do but it does get easier and before you know it, you will be taking it all in your stride,,,soon becomes second nature.xxxx

Kelli lovely to hear from you, how old are the twins now, I bet the time does go really quickly and yes you need to treasure every moment, but i bet it's hard work too,,,sure they are worth every moment xx

Hi page, glad you are ok hon, and i hope af shows up soon then you can get growing those lovely follicles, xx

well the sun has been out today and i have been sat around the pool, which is lovely but not many people talk to me, although a little boy shot me with his water gun,,,nice,,,good job he was dead cute...

there are some new babies here, and my heart just aches everytime i see them, some people are so so lucky, but you know i dont think half the time they realise it, but i suppose i could have been the same if life had been different...arh well my turn next....
PMA PMA PMA xxx

ok off to eat my very healthy tea of fresh Tuna with new potatoes and salad,,,,blimey too good to be true me..xxx

much love everyone
Chelly xx

Levis0501 · 29 May 2007

Oh Chelly lucky you with the warm weather ... i am sat having a quick browse on BB and am dithering as DH is refusing to let me put the fire on because ' its june!', never mind that its blinkin freezin and raining cats and dogs Rolling Eyes

The twins are just over 3 months old (born 12 March) and its just flown by, you will see what i mean with your little one or ones next year (PMA PMA PMA!)

Page - hope AF turns up on time hun xx I thought things must have ended badly for Anni May but I wasnt posting much at the time and missed what happened. I really hope she is doing okay, how awful for her i think a biochem is possibly even more upsetting than a BFN. Anni May ... if your browsing, big belated (((hugs))) to you hunny xx

Moni - good luck with jabbing xx

Hi to everyone else, hope the weather is a bit warmer and drier than it is here in the crappy North West!

Kelli
xx

chelly · 27 Nov 2005

Oh Kelli

They are just gorgeous,,,,wow lucky you, they are so lovely

I can't imagine how it must feel to be so blessed, and i pray one day i will....

just got back in after chasing my cat around the complex, she is usually really good, and follows me around as we go for a walk together (much to the spanish peoples amusement) but tonight she decided she wanted to go for an explore,,, bless her she is very cute....

Page so sorry to hear about your cat, we also had to do it with our other cat and it was just awful is still miss her so much and so does benni (her sister) they are just like your family arn't they, i am a big cat lover, infact i just love all animals, turned the TV over the other day and caught glimpse of a bullfight and you know i just cried for the bull it was so awful....big softy me.xxx

night night all
much love and sleep well

chelly xx

MonkeyGirl · 21 Mar 2007

Hi girls

Well I had my first jab this morning and it was pretty unspectacular - I got this 'deja vu' feeling for a second, that was about everything. I also think my clinic have made a mistake in calculating my dates. They put me on the contraceptive pill (!!!) for the month before the cycle - has anyone else heard about that before? They do that over here to 'give everything a rest' for the month before, I didn't really understand the explanation properly and didn't care too much, but it feels weird to be on the pill whilst we are desperately trying to conceive... in any case, they put on my plan 'last pill to take on 25th June - downregulation blood test / scan on 02nd July'. But I checked today and I only have 3 pills left until 22nd June - so three days earlier. Must check with them tomorrow what's what. Bloody hell, it really annoys me when clinics do stuff like that - kind of makes you wonder in what other areas they are inaccurate as well...

Kelli - oh mammamia your twins are the cutest!! You must be head over heels in love with them... can imagine you need to stick to a firm routine though, having to cope with two little demanders at the same time. Wink

Chelly - fantastic news about your date, and great that you have enough time to do the UK trip in a relaxed way. I've also got a feeling that 2008 is going to be a good year, and an important year. I don't know why, it's just a feeling I've had ever since 2007 turned to shit ... We've had so many new starts in connection with our new lives in a new country, so why shouldn't we be able to create a new beginning inside ourselves as well... PMA PMA PMA!! xx

Jo - hahahaha, a chicken??? And he 'found' it?? Where the hell do you 'find' chickens? What are you going to do with it - will it really end up in the pot or is it going to be your new pet? Anyway, great that you've started the jabs as well. Shame about your DH being so queasy. If it's any consolation, I found it equally worrying that my DP almost seemed to take pleasure in sticking the Gestone injections into my bum with my last cycle... he though it was some kind of a deviation from playing doctors and nurses...

Page, how are you doing, not long to go now until you start stimming - ygosh ou're already waiting for AF again! I have found that so strange with every cycle, the two important AFs you have to wait for (the one before starting the cycle on the down regs and the one before stimming). I always find myself toying with the thought that I might not need pads for a few months now, which is a strange thought. Also, AF is usually late during those 2 months when I really wish for her to show up for a change. Anyways, hopefully the contraceptive pill will give her a kick in the butt this time and jolt her across the doorstep.. Wink

Btw, that's really sad news about Anni May; I hope she's o.k.. Can understand though that she's staying off the BB whilst she's grieving her loss - I'm sometimes finding it difficult to share as well when I'm at my lowest.

Have a lovely Thursday everyone - it's already Thursday evening here in NZ and I'm looking forward to the weekend...

lots of love

Moni xx

Page · 09 Aug 2003

Good morning ladies!

Joanne can't believe you have a chicken it did make me giggle. Does it lay eggs?

Chelly thanks about my cat. They really are a part of the family and you never forget them. I found it really difficult to make friends when I was in Seville mainly 'cos my Spanish was so crap and we lived right in the old quarter of the city and we were the only 'gringos'. The little old ladies used to chat to me all the time and I would just smile and nod throwing in the occasional 'si' and 'non' not having a clue what they were saying. We were known locally as the 'Americanos' which really pissed us off! They really should have realised we were English by the amount of wine we consumed. I'm sure your Spanish is better than mine and we certainly didn't have a local pool. Sounds fab!

Kelli your babies are absolutely gorgeous you must be so proud. Love Rachels hair did you give Thomas a No 1?

Moni Never heard of taking the pill before hope you get the dates sorted it is really annoying as its just something else to worry you unnecessarily. AF not arrived and yes it probably will be late, the only time you don't want it to be!

Got to dash to meet the bank manager. Boring!

Love Page x

lauras · 21 Jan 2008

Hi everyone

No we would not eat the chicken and yes it lay eggs its going to a farm over the weekend as i need sleep.Its not the wierdest animal we have had we've had ducks gease and hawks.i should be greatfull he only found one he normally bring home 2 or 3 animals at a time.

Moni glad your injection went well. just wondering which care are you at as i have blood/scan on the 2nd july as well im at sheffield

hope everyone is OK

Page · 09 Aug 2003

Hope you all have a good weekend!

And a nice quiet one for Joanne!

Still no AF x