Trying for a 2017 Baby

Good morning lovely ladies, I hope that you are all doing well and that your Tuesday is going to be a wonderful day! Looking outside today, the heatwave in Jhb seems to be coming to an end and the rain clouds are thick and heavy so I am praying for some much needed rain!

@Chanti, those follicle sizes and numbers etc all look great to me! Like you say, you are taking it all a day at a time and trusting in the Lord... Honestly I believe this is all that any of us can do! I believe I am the worlds most impatient person in the world and feeling like I have NO control over things, especially my own body, my eggs, the sperm via the IUI, this is all very frustrating to me... and worst of all... This 2ww! I honestly think this is going to be the death of me! Hahahaha...... but like my hubby keeps telling me, the day that BFP is there and it sticks, ALL of this, all the tears, the injections, the hormones, the dr's appointments and scans will be more than worth it! God Bless you and your family!!!

@Nicola... My heart hurts reading your post. Dr's that are so uncaring and bad mannered are the absolute worst. I once lost it with my previous gynae and shouted at him in the waiting room in front of a jam packed room, telling him to stop seeing me as a simple credit in his bank account! YES I don't understand all the terms he uses, YES I am going to ask stupid questions and make you repeat things a million times, YES I am going to cry in your office and maybe make you feel uncomfortable, but I am your patient, and all of this is very new to me! I didn't study like you did. I don't treat 20+ people going through similar journeys a day like you do. Perhaps you have had to say the same sentence to 20 different couples all in one day, but just respect me enough to treat me like a human, who is scared, unsure and looking at you for the answers, not to hurt my heart even more.... Needless to say, I never showed my face there again! Best of luck and bless you! Please keep us updated with your progress

@Jooste.... I just wanna give you a massive hug! Your positivity is admirable

AFM.... Okay if I am starting to understand this "lingo" correctly... If I had my IUI on Thursday 27 Oct, then I can basically say I am 5dpo? Would that be a correct assumption?
So a year ago before things went so horribly wrong and I was sitting at this same point, I decided to test out my HCG trigger shot. MY FS sends his patients for their first blood test, 12 days after the IUI, and if I recall correctly I did 5 tests prior to my beta. I got a +HPT on 8dpo, +HPT on 9dpo, a -HPT 10dpo, a -HPT on 11dpo and then finally a +HPT again on 12dpo (confirmed by my blood work), so that meant the HCG had metabolised 10dpo? Should I test it all out again, or just somehow contain myself and wait until 8 Nov? This is SO frustrating! I am he absolute worst!

Hey ladies!!!

@ayesha - im sorry you are having such family issues still. You have so much on ur plate right now!

@jooste - Had menopur added to my list today and feeling quite bloated today. Tomorrow I have my last gonal-f and then its also my first day for cetrotide.

@Nicola - im sorry you had such a terrible experience! ! I can't believe she wasn't more helpful! Definitely follow Zarah's advice and get a second opinion.

Afm, had my cd8 scan and have about 16 follies with the lead measuring at about 12.9mm I think. Have been given menopur to help super charge the growth and I start with cetrotide which stops u from ovulating. Still can't believe this all happening. Taking it each day at a time and trusting in the Lord.

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Zarah it must have been meant to be that you came online today!!! Thank you SO much for your advice I will definitely get in touch with him. I was going to contact the endo specialist at Aevitas but will go with your recommendation and see where I go from there. I am just so gutted that I am going to have to go through this again but anything to be rid of the pain and to give me more chance of having a baby

Thank you so much Zarah. How are you doing now?
xxx

Hi Nicola

I have not been on this forum in ages but checked in on a friend and came across your post. I had to reply to you because I had a similar experience with gynae 5yrs ago. I was in much more pain and agony after the LAP and long story short, I still don't know what he did to me. I then ended up at Dr Slabbert at Panorama. He is a FS but he specialises in Endo. I had 2 major operations with him and he did a great job. Please please make an appointment with him. He is an Endo surgeon AND a FS so he operates with your fertility in mind. Good luck.

Hi ladies

I am so sorry for the late reply, its been a long week! i have not had a chance to read through all the messages yet i'm so sorry but Jooste I am so sorry I hope that you can have some positive news in the coming months.

AFM no idea what CD i'm on but I had my laparoscopy last Monday so its been a week now, the cut in my belly button is still VERY sore but feeling ok. Feeling pretty lost though, she found no endometriosis at all. I was 100% sure it was back with a vengeance after all my symptoms and pain returned for the last 18 months and was exactly like the last time. I was told by some endo ladies to rather seek endometriosis specialist but I had already booked her and could not afford another consulatation fee but now its making me wonder if I should get a second opinion. She could not do the HSG either because somehow medical aid got wind that she was going to be doing it while under anaesthetic and made a fuss so she could not do this for me, however she did say my left tube looks fine but right tube looks like it could be a bit blocked, but I have to book HSG now. Not sure where i'm gonna find R3k but anyway. Strange too coz most of my pain is experienced on the left side

Just feeling sad, frustrated and lost. Back to square one now I guess. Gonna book HSG as soon as we can find the spare money and then take it from there. Will keep TTC when I feel up for it, cut is still too sore to be even thinkign about it!!! I will only ovulate mid November again anyway so have some time to heal.

Arghhhhh. Just wanna cry!! Part of me thinks this is good news that she found no endo coz thats a good thing right, but she was in such a hurry that part of me wonders if she missed any? And if its not endo then what is it?? She was SO rude to me the other evening. Basically she came and gave me report of my op after I had woken up from anaesthetc and DH had not arrived yet - i DO NOT remember this conversation at all but I did remember she said all was clear. So she toold me to call her Tues eve at 6:30pm which I did so that she could give me update...my call was received with huffs and puffs and a 'DON'T YOU REMEMBER what I told you......you are clear, there is no endo' etc etc. I was actally shaking! She said I prob have IBS and I must get my bowel checked, but surely she should have checked my bowel for endo? Anyway I said to her that I have suffered with IBS since 2007 so I know what IBS pains are and what the pains I feel which are very different. She just fobbed me off and I actually just dont want to go back to her. I did hear she had a terrible bedside manner but was very good at her job, but it seems to be she isnt interested in helping me and only interested in those already pregnant & can deliver.

so if anyone can recommend a really nice gynae in Blouberg/Table View/Milnerton (CPT) area please do. I will burst into tears if this woman treats me like this again and I can only take so much more of this

Sorry for the long message ladies....i know you're all good at listening and dont mind a moan. Just feeling so so sad. and then my iphone decides to die on me this morning too. Bleh. Great monday!!!
sending you all lots of love xxx

So many of you in the 2ww!!!

I am crossing my fingers!!!

Liza: Can't wait to read about your update
Chanti: How is the injections going?
Sammy: Do not POAS too soon!!.....the progesterone will make you very constipated. Ask your FS what to use - all differ in their opinion.
Angel: Sorry about the no-growing-follies...

AFM
CD3.....on 7.5mg Femara - highest dosage ever.....we are hoping for more eggies so that we can definately have a good one in between those to increase our chances. Still only TI for this cycle. We want to give it our best shot before moving back onto IVF. (Really believe that it will not be necessary )

Good morning all

@Jooste, I haven't been able to stop thinking about you and I just pray that you and your family are able to draw strength from one another through this time!

@Ayesha - Best of luck with your brother moving in.. I can't even begin to imagine how tough something like that is!

@Angel.... Best of luck with the Primolut N... I am positive your follicles will respond nicely to the boost

@Chanti... Just try to stay as Stress and worry free as possible! Next Monday is going to be a great day for you!

@Liza! You are so so so close and things are looking wonderfully positive for you! Best of luck!

@Tryphie... Tonsils? EINA!! Hope you heal up nicely and feel much better SOON!

AFM... Well the IUI went well, I think.... Um... my FS is NOT the most "talkative" person, so he basically came in, told my hubby that his sperm was excellent hahaha... then he literally did my IUI in 10 seconds (which is a good sign because that means my cervix was perfectly opened), and then he left the room and I lay there for a good old 20 minutes That was all at noon yesterday.... Furthermore we took the rest of the day to lazy around and just relax. Been given Utrogestan 100mg to be taken twice daily and must go for my Beta on 08/11, so yippee for the 2WW
Here is a TMI question..... Um.... anyone out there got any advise to help me with being extremely backed up? PLEASE any advise would be great!

Have a wonderfully blessed day further xxx